• lime!
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    108 days ago

    most countries i know mark <50% as a failing grade

    • Lovable Sidekick
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      17 days ago

      Apples and watermelons. The all-time highest major league batting average is only .371, nowhere near .500 which would correspond to 50% of the max possible.

      • lime!
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        117 days ago

        i have no idea what that means or why it’s relevant.

        • Lovable Sidekick
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          7 days ago

          I believe you. On a rating scale of 0-10 a value of 5 doesn’t usually represent a failure or anything negative, it’s usually a middle concept such as “neither like nor dislike”. Batting average is another example where 50% isn’t a “failing grade”. Hope that helps clear it up for you.

          • lime!
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            67 days ago

            no i mean i don’t know what a “batting average” is or why it’s apples to oranges to compare it to test scores.

            i’m assuming you mean that comparing a pure gaussian distribution to a weighted system is unproductive?