[lbo-talk] Interview with Left Party Leader Oskar Lafontaine

[joseph noonan]

On Tue, 19 May 2009, Politicus E. wrote:
>
> In principal, & in the present context, it is legitimate to compare an
> average with a minimum.  Although it perhaps seems that these are two
> incommensurable quantities, you might re-consider this position by
> reflecting on the coefficient of variation, i.e., the ratio of the
> standard deviation to the mean.

Yes, and since both sigma and n were provided that's a very helpful observation.

Thanks,