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it's a ranking, UHG

most folks shouldn't even bother with it
the folks that do already know what they're looking for

Not everything is a normal distribution. 

Almost everything is, or in the case of something like the elite/peak of something, it's just the right tip and not the whole curve.

Average income isn't, of course, as Bernie Sanders has been telling us for 50 years.  But we know why that is.  

Sure, a lot of things are not normally distributed.  A good number are.  I wouldn't make some broad comment that either one is "almost everything".

An interesting example is height, which is pretty "normal" by sex, but if you don't list by sex you get a skew.  You could list states by size range as well and find a really skewed distribution because many eastern states are quite small and western states are nearly all larger than any eastern state.  The list goes on ... and on, which is why we have statistics.

I probably didn't like statistics, much, back in the day.

Sure, a lot of things are not normally distributed.  A good number are.  I wouldn't make some broad comment that either one is "almost everything".

An interesting example is height, which is pretty "normal" by sex, but if you don't list by sex you get a skew.  You could list states by size range as well and find a really skewed distribution because many eastern states are quite small and western states are nearly all larger than any eastern state.  The list goes on ... and on, which is why we have statistics.

I probably didn't like statistics, much, back in the day.

You could also break it down other ways. Even if you're restricting it to males, if you don't list by ethnicity--and sometimes nationality--you get a skew. 

For example, you and I, CD, are on the long tail for adult male height. I can't put 6'5" into this calculator without us putting us both WAY too far out on the long tail... But if I drop it to 6'3", it says that person would be in the 98.73% percentile in the United States but would be in the 99.99% in Japan. 

Perhaps there will be a fairly normal distribution amongst ethnic Japanese men or amongst Caucasian American men (i.e. note that the calculator above doesn't break down by race--white and black Americans skew higher than Latin or Asian Americans, and we're a more ethnically diverse country IMHO relative to Japan). But once you put multiple groups together in a single aggregate you can start seeing issues.  

ooof, Purdue.

ooof, Purdue.

makes me wonder which game they're supposed to win?
they play Northwestern?

Ohio State, obv 

Ohio State, obv

If Vandy can take down Bama, might as well believe the Boilermakers will stick it to the Bucknuts and have them calling for Day's head again.