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which method is best
Message posted by Maria on September 20, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)
If I have these two set of data, which one is the best according to their:
1. Mean -3027 median -1681 trmean -2614 stdev 4105 semean 666
2. mean 278 median 352 trmean 373 stdev 2028 semean 329
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Re: which method is best
Message posted by JG on September 21, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)
What do you mean by 'best' ? If best is less variable and both sets of data are in the same units then the second set is best, etc.
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