Word: medians
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Whether they were advocating close government intervention or simple systems of incentives, however, the economists did agree on at least one point. The increase in median housing prices over time, they said, were the result of misdirected and overly-stringent building policies...
...years found that those with a blood-lead level of 10 mcg per deciliter (the CDC's current safety threshold) had, on average, a 7.4-points-lower IQ than children with 1 mcg per deciliter. Since the mid-1970s, when lead was taken out of gasoline, the median blood-lead levels in children have dropped from 15 mcg to 2 mcg per deciliter, but the CDC estimates that there are still more than 450,000 kids in the U.S. with blood-lead levels above its recommended limit. One of the most dangerous sources: the lead-based paints that still coat...
...students used to taking SATs and Math 21a examinations, the majority of the test-takers don’t even receive full credit for a single problem. According to Ravi Vakil, co-author of a book on the competition from 1985-2000 and the Putnam coordinator at Stanford, the median score is usually zero or one. “Keeping in mind that the people taking the Putnam are self-selected from the smartest mathematical minds in the continent, this undoubtedly is the hardest test in the world,” Vakil writes in an e-mail...
...fact, this year’s median score, a 3, was unusually high; most students interviewed agreed that the test was easier this year than in past years...
...Median raise that full-time male workers received last year...