Mixed unit morale

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Norfleet:

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Originally posted by Nagot Gick Fel:
Isn't that the exact definition of a weighted average?

No, it isn't. I think this may be a translation thing, but where I come from, an "average" of values is equal to the sum of all of the values, divided by the number of values, whereas a "weighted average" assigns an additional term, a "weight" to some, but not all, of the values, thus evaluating the values unequally for the purpose of some bias: For instance, a weighted average score of a single player's per-game kill counts, with more emphasis, more weight, given to his more recent games, because players tend to improve rather than regress, so more recent values are more representative than older values.

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Thanks for the clarification. In that Last case, I would have used 'biased average' - I think I've seen it used at least once , but maybe it's uncommon usage - or is it used for yet another kind of 'average'?

[Blitz]

I can't believe you numbskulls have to argue about the definition of average. Any fourth grader knows that to find the average add em up and divide by the number of things.

[ July 18, 2004, 08:56: Message edited by: Blitz ]

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Blitz:
Any fourth grader knows that to find the average add em up and divide by the number of things.

They wait until *FOURTH* grade to teach you that now? Man, the educational system is really decaying. I had no idea it had gotten this bad.

I think the issue at hand here is what "add 'em up" and "number of things" is. Nagot must have been thinking that the set of things was {Militia, Emerald Guard}, and that therefore, the relative numbers were a "weighting", whereas I was thinking the set was more like {Militia, Militia, Militia, ...., Emerald Guard}, and thus it was not weighted.

[Blitz]

Well it would be pretty stupid if you could "fix" a whole group of elephants by throwing in one elite unit. I think common sense would dictate that it is done the other way.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Blitz:
I can't believe you numbskulls have to argue about the definition of average. Any fourth grader knows that to find the average add em up and divide by the number of things.

O Wise One, maybe someday you'll have to learn Japanese and will face exactly that kind of problems when posting on Japanese forums.

Anyway, you're right. Technically I'm not a 4th grader, or 27th, or even 1st, since I never had the (mis?)fortune to follow courses in the US educational system.

[Esben Mose Hansen]

Originally posted by Blitz:
I can't believe you numbskulls have to argue about the definition of average. Any fourth grader knows that to find the average add em up and divide by the number of things.

Well, that is one average, often called arimetric average. You could also mulitply the numbers and then take i to power of the reciprok number of factors... that would be the so-called geometric average. And so on. And often it makes more sense to use a median anyway.

[Blitz]

Originally posted by Blitz:
I can't believe you numbskulls have to argue about the definition of average. Any fourth grader knows that to find the average add em up and divide by the number of things.

O Wise One, maybe someday you'll have to learn Japanese and will face exactly that kind of problems when posting on Japanese forums.

Anyway, you're right. Technically I'm not a 4th grader, or 27th, or even 1st, since I never had the (mis?)fortune to follow courses in the US educational system.

If you must know I'm a product of Nishimachi International School, in Tokyo, Japan. I spent my first 6 years of grade school in the international school system and speak fluent Japanese. Sorry to bust your superiority bubble, but I never spent a minute of my life in the "US educational system".