IJustWentPsycho@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoWhat do fractions in demographic stats (such as birthrates, fertility rates, life expectancy, death rates, etc.) mean?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWhat do fractions in demographic stats (such as birthrates, fertility rates, life expectancy, death rates, etc.) mean?IJustWentPsycho@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThese things are averages, and the average of integers can be a non-integer. If two women have one child each and a third woman has two children, the average woman has 1.33 children. Is that what you meant?
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agomy fav example is that the average person has ~1 testicle!
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoMy favourite is that the average amount of legs is less than 2. So most people have an above average amount of legs.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThe average person contains more than one heart (due to late term pregnant women)
These things are averages, and the average of integers can be a non-integer. If two women have one child each and a third woman has two children, the average woman has 1.33 children. Is that what you meant?
my fav example is that the average person has ~1 testicle!
My favourite is that the average amount of legs is less than 2. So most people have an above average amount of legs.
And eyes.
And lungs, and … :-/
The average person contains more than one heart (due to late term pregnant women)