Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: RE: [C-L] Inter-National conversation

[Diane Margolis (diane]

No, Jan.  The mode is not the highest number, the mode is the number which
occurs most often.  Definitely 3 which occurs four times (8 occurs twice, 9
once).
Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Forbes Jan" <jan.forbes [at] dhhs.tas.gov.au>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 7:30 PM
Subject: [C-L]_RE: [C-L] Inter-National conversation


>
> Wouldn't the mode be 8 or 9?  Definitely not 3.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peg Blum [mailto:pegb [at] cambridgecohousing.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2003 8:02 AM
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_Median or mode, Wealth & Poverty
>
>
>
> Glad you set them straight!  I couldn't believe that National
conversation!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diane Margolis" <diane [at] cambridgecohousing.org>
> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 5:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_Median or mode, Wealth & Poverty
>
>
> >
> > Sharon,
> > The mode is the value with the greatest frequency.  The bell curve is
> > special because its mode, median, and mean overlap in the center and
> because
> > the curve to the right of  (or above) the center has the same slope as
the
> > curve to the left of the center.  Thus in the sequence  23333457889 the
> mode
> > is 3; the median is 4 and the mean is 5 and this sequence does not form
a
> > bell curve.
> >
> > Diane, a retired prof. of sociology who lives in Cambridge Cohousing
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sharon Villines" <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> > To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 1:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [C-L]_Median or mode, Wealth & Poverty
> >
> >
> > >
> > > On 4/02/2003 7:40 PM, "Forbes Jan" <jan.forbes [at] dhhs.tas.gov.au> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > The median is the middle value of a list of values.  The peak of the
> > bell
> > > > curve, where most of the values fall, is the mode.
> > > >
> > > > Which one you decide to use depends on things like the nature of the

> > > > distribution and what you are using it for.  If it is skewed
> > distribution
> > > > the median is usually preferred over the mean.  If in doubt about
the
> > nature
> > > > of the distribution, it is helpful to look at mean, media and mode
as
> > well
> > > > as the standard deviation.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the correction. Sorry to confuse people.
> > >
> > > I still haven't located the mode but have a bit more info from a
> Sociology
> > > text that I'm reading:
> > >
> > > Wealth is determined by one's net assets -- the monetary value of
> > everything
> > > one owns minus one's debts. Wealth is the accumulation of savings or
> > > investments. 1/3 of the US population has no net worth or wealth --
> which
> > > means they live from day to day. No income today, no food today.
> > >
> > > Wealth in the United States is concentrated in the upper 10% of the
> > > population which controls 86% of the nation's wealth. The top 1% owns
> more
> > > than the bottom 90%. This concentration is greater than in any other
> > > industrialized nation and has increased rapidly since the 1980s
(during
> > > Reagan's tenure as president, 1981-1989). The concentration of wealth
in
> > the
> > > US is greater than at any time since 1929.
> > >
> > > The World Bank defines poverty as an income of less than $1 a day per
> > > person. By this definition poverty has declined since 1987 from 29% to
> > 26%,
> > > but most of this is decline in Asia. The US Federal poverty line is
> > $16,660
> > > for a family of four. In 1998 12.7% of the population was living below
> > this
> > > line.
> > >
> > > This figure is determined by using the Department of Agriculture's
> dietary
> > > requirements to calculate a low-cost food budget and multiplying this
by
> 3
> > > assuming that a household spends approximately 1/3 of its budget on
> food.
> > >
> > > The "culture of poverty" is largely a myth. Only 22% of people living
in
> > > poverty one year will be in poverty the next. The largest causes of
> > poverty
> > > are temporary crises with under 5% living in poverty for more than two
> > years
> > > at a time. 41% of those living in poverty are working at least full
> time.
> > > 18% of the entire workforce living in poverty.
> > >
> > > But since most of us couldn't imagine living on $4,140 (1/4 of
> $16,660) --
> > > even living on an income of twice that would be difficult -- if
> cohousing
> > is
> > > going to extend to the poor, it will have to have capital investment
> from
> > > the wealthy, directly or by taxation in the form of government grants.
> > >
> > > Sharon
> > > --
> > > Sharon Villines
> > > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> > > http://www.takomavillage.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
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