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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
There is also trouble in averages sometimes though because they don't always tell the whole story.
Say a guy is ranked 9th on 25 scouts lists, 10th on 50 lists, and 11th on the other 25 lists - then his average ranking would be ranked at number 10.
But maybe a guy bounces around the rankings a little more - and is 5th on 5 of the scouts lists, 7th on 20 of the scouts lists, 9th on 20 of the others, and 15th on the other 55 lists.
Then that players average ranking is 12th but is that player really worse then the guy ranked number 10? It's hard to say and averages can be deceiving in this case.
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This post really hits the nail on the head. Probably the biggest mistake non-mathematicians make in statistical analysis is over valuing or misinterpreting averages. Averages can be useful, obviously, but they can also be misleading.