Question:- Belowis given a famous quotation in Statistics, Pleaseexplain/comment

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               Belowis given a famous quotation in Statistics, Pleaseexplain/comment/interpret itsmeaning. “Then there is the man who drowned whilecrossing a stream that was, on average, 6 inchesdeep.” ~W.I.E.Gates.” comments shouldNOTexceed from 80-100words.
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               Belowis given a famous quotation in Statistics, Pleaseexplain/comment/interpret itsmeaning. “Then there is the man who drowned whilecrossing a stream that was, on average, 6 inchesdeep.” ~W.I.E.Gates.” comments shouldNOTexceed from 80-100words.
comments shouldNOTexceed from 80-100words.

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This statement says about application ofstatistical tools. We have several statistical tools such as mean,mode, median, range etc. We have to know which is applied for aparticular situation. If the stream' s depth is collected at diffrentpoints may give average 6 inches, but it may conatin 7 feet depthat some point, where the man drowned. The average is affected bythe remaining sample values. Here he has to apply "mode". Mode canonly measure the depth of the stream.

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