Most of the numbers looked just right, but one or two were a bit off, so I asked what we should understand by an entry with a MoM value of close to two. Her response: “Oh, that just means its twice the average”. I tried to clarify the distinction, until it became clear that she simply thought “median” meant “average”.
And we paid for this service.
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MoM's are great: I ask students to turn in their Time on Task, and I convert these to MoM's to identify students who are at risk. (Oh dear-- I just realized the column heading should be "ToT (MoM)"). And I should have used this as a grading scale for the classroom participation in the course I taught last semester.
I never knew there was a name for this...
There's some indicator for allergic reactions (gamma globulin?) where I've been getting a high reading. In fact, I think my reading has been 6x normal! Hard to say whether the actual number or the MoM is more frightening.
In any case, the doctor seems unconcerned.
-- Paul
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