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Common mistake

Believing one person can barely move an average

It sounds like this

He's only one person out of hundreds, so his pay can't shift the average by much.

Why it’s wrong

The mean adds up amounts, not heads: an amount a hundred times bigger than the rest counts a hundred times over.

The lesson that fixes it

Cognosc spots mistakes like this.

When you explain something in your own words, Cognosc can tell exactly which mistake you’re making — not just that you’re wrong — and gives you a short lesson to fix that one thing.