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Ernesto_Wan_Kenobi @sethadam1 said:
In a given class, you wouldn't expect 50% of the students to score < 50% for the class. But certainly, there is a 50th percentile somewhere!
The reason half of the students don't score less than 50% is because 50% is (hopefully) not even close to the "average"! I was being silly before, but as always definitely getting my math on. Sorry if I opened a can of worms.

The problem with rating shows is that every single person has a different notion of where that 50th percentile lies. But then again I guess that things would be pretty boring otherwise.
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