No, in this instance, they may be muddling average and median, but most of the studies from liberal housing groups use this data to educate and lobby. Their data should't really raise the statistical spectre of Bill Gates .
Joel Blau Original Message: ----------------- From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:10:48 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Surprise: Low-Wage Workers Can Barely Afford Rent On Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 15:17:50 (-0400) Michael Hoover writes: >The Seattle Post-Inelligencer >May 17, 2005 > >Forget Buying - Low Wage Workers Can Barely Afford Rent >Carol Smith, P-I reporter > >In Seattle, if you're earning the minimum wage, you have to work 90 >hours a week to afford to rent an average two-bedroom unit, let alone >buy one. ... Is this the same sort of dishonest calculation used by apologists for American capitalism who say "average income in here is ..." when Bill Gates strolls into the room instead of using the more meaningful median, or is the distribution of rental prices so flat that the average is acceptable here? Bill -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
