Statistics
I'm certainly no statistician (I got only two C's in college - in Statistics I and its follow-on course), but I think that if you want to look at meaningful data, you should concentrate on "median" income, not "average" or mean income. While we like to say "what is the average income in TV?", what we really want to know what is the "typical" income. By using average income, you are probably looking at an artificially high number, as the average includes both mortals with retirement income in the range of 50-60K, and those who live in those $1M+ houses along the championship courses, whose incomes certainly drive the "average" retirement income number up. The median retirement income is calculated by determining the point at which 1/2 of all incomes are lower and 1/2 of all incomes are higher. IMHO, the median income number would be more typical, and is therefore more useful in comparison. When I see "average income" used in the newspaper (especially in the New York Times), I start looking deeper to see what the writer's real intention is, as the "average" can be very deceptive.
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