For instance in the past, we had that silly little program for computing the average of some quizzes and it was actually a pretty bad implementation because I had essentially hard coded in the number of quizzes.

比如在以前，我们做了一个,计算平均数的程序,这是一个相当挫的实现,因为我硬编码了测试的数字。

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we learned that the average number of romantic relationships for people to take positive psychology in 4 years is between zero and one.

我们了解到上积极心理学课的人,在4年里恋爱次数的平均数在0到1之间。

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So, we should use that, but people in finance resist using that because it's a lower number and when you're advertising your return you want to make it look as big as possible.

所以我们应该用这个指标,但金融界反感使用几何平均,因为它比其他平均数都来得小,他们为自己的收益率做广告时,当然希望数字越大越好

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Then you take the average of g and x over g.

之后你会得到一个大于g的平均数。

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The first sentence in the argument was, if the people in the room choose random, then they will choose around 50. That's true.

第一句话是,如果教室里的人随机选择,那平均数会落在50左右,这很对

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I need to divide it by three to get the average.

我应该先除3得到平均数

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Without showing your neighbor what you're doing, put in the box below a whole number between 1 and a 100 We will calculate the average number chosen in the class.

从1到100之间选择一个号码填到,下面的方框内,不要让你同桌看到,我们会计算全班的平均数

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So two-thirds of the average is 20.

平均数的2/3是20

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would have been the winning answer had everyone assumed that the average would have been constantly compounded down to 1, but since a couple of people chose the, I mean not incorrect answers, but the higher averages, then it was pushed up to 13.

如果大家都认为,平均数会一直下降到1的话,1应该是最终的答案,但是由于一部分人选择了,并不是说是错误的,但是却高于平均值的数,就把平均数推高到了13

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This is very important,which is why I am doing it: "If we want to know how fast a human being can run, then it is no use to average out the speed of a "good sample" of the population; it is far better to collect Olympic gold medal winners and see how well they can do.

这话非常重要，是我作这个研究的原因：,“如果想知道人类最快能跑多快，那从好的样本中测出平均数是“,没用的;,而应该收集田径类奥运冠军的信息,看他们能跑多快。

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So it turns out that the average in this class, the average choice was about 13 1/3, which means two-thirds of the average was 9.

这个游戏的最终结果,平均数大概是13又1/3,它的2/3是9

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Okay, so the average is 30 and two-thirds of the average is 20.

好,平均数是30,其3/2是20

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So if everyone else reasons that way then everyone in the room would choose a number like 33 or 34, and in that case, the average would be what?

如果其余的每个人都那么想的话,如果每个人都会选择33或者34,那种情况下,平均数会是多少

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Sorry, that two-thirds of the average would be what?

抱歉,平均数的2/3会是多少

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the winner is the person whose number is closest to 2/3 times the average The winner will win $5 minus the difference in pennies between her choice and that two-thirds of the average."

所选数字最接近2/3倍平均数人是赢家,赢家的奖金是5美元减去,所选数和平均数三分之二之差的百分数

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Good, so even if everyone in the number-- everyone in the room didn't choose randomly but they all chose a 100, a very unlikely circumstance, but even if everyone had chosen 100, the highest, the average, sorry, the highest two-thirds of the average could possibly be is 66 2/3, hence 67 would be a pretty good choice in that case.

好的,如果每个人,教室里的每个人不是随机选择数字,而是全选了100,这好像不太可能,但如果每个人真的都选了100,就是最大的书,那平均数,抱歉,平均数的2/3会是66又2/3,此情况下67应该是个不错的选项

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