Word: medians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week's end pounced gleefully on what aides hope will turn out to be a major Carter gaffe. In an interview with Associated Press, Carter suggested that if elected he would try to "shift" the tax burden by boosting rates for Americans earning more than "the mean or median level." This would mean higher taxes for those earning more than $14,000 a year. Chortled James Lynn, Ford's budget director: "An incredible position for a candidate to take." Carter spokesmen charged the G.O.P. with distortion, pointing out that he made clear in the interview that...
...those questioned thought that companies averaged 330 profit on each dollar of sales. A sampling of college students by Standard & Poor's yielded an even higher estimate: 450. The actual figure is below 50 -and the overall trend has been downward. According to a FORTUNE survey, the 1975 median profit margin of the nation's 500 largest industrial corporations shrank to 3.9% of sales. That was the thinnest margin in 17 years...
...most residents want to leave the clean, well-kept neighborhood, the litter-free streets, the bungalows with freshly painted shutters and the largely crimeless environment. The median income is $15,000, and houses average $30,000 in value. Youngsters play in safety on the elm-shaded streets, and families frequently leave their car,doors and garages unlocked. Observes Housewife Gail Cichanowski, 28: "People feel this is one of the last really good white areas in the city...
...establish the range in which his nose can identify 80% of the samples at a high odor concentration level and miss 80% at a low level. That range is known as the "confusion zone." When the tests are completed, the 100 employees with confusion zones closest to the group median will be placed on standby duty to fill the panel jobs. Says Story: "Nose duty will not be compulsory. It won't be written into the job description...
...Goodman cite a 1973 study in which female and male college students were asked to "write down the amount of money you would ask in compensation for each part of your body that was lost." The women sold themselves cheaper--they thought their eyes, for example, were worth a median dollar value of $20,000, while the men valued their eyes at a median...