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Politics and Statistics

I'm working late and am watching C-SPAN as I finish up work for the day. Senator Carl Levin (I only know because his name is on the screen) is talking about the horrible state of the military. He just said that only 50% of new recruits are scoring above average on the entry aptitude test.

That sounded pretty bad... but then aga, isn't that what average means? Shouldn't it work out that 50% are above average and 50% below?
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