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Indeed.

I remember having an argument with someone about attainment levels in Education. They completely refused to accept my throwaway assertion that 50% of pupils were below average.

Their argument wasn't even sophisticated enough to prove me wrong based on the pupils who were precisely ON average.

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davidBAM wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 10:58 amI remember having an argument with someone about attainment levels in Education. They completely refused to accept my throwaway assertion that 50% of pupils were below average.

By definition you are right -and the opposite is true also : 50% of pupils will be above average.

Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:31 am By definition you are right -and the opposite is true also : 50% of pupils will be above average.

Precisely

I think the individual concerned was probably confusing an average with an exam pass-mark

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