re median re new study out on gay percentage on apr gmt gary piatt observed first the median does not imply that half of the men are above and half below it simply means that is the mid point between the maximum number of partners and the minimum which is most likely zero actually the median is defined as the th percentile if the median number of sexual partners for men is it means that at least of men have had or fewer sexual partners and at least of men have had or more sexual partners question what is of a sexual partner to confuse matters more take the following data set the mean arithmetic average of the above set of numbers is the sample standard deviation is the mode is the median is michael d adams starowl a i rahul net enterprise alabama it s a strange quirk but i hardly ever sing along with people who tie me up mork
