Plausibly you can get away with reporting 3-5 numbers.
For 3 numbers, 25th percentile, median, 75th percentile. This is the approach (“interquartile range”) used for reporting SAT acceptance ranges in the US. So we have at least a prior example of a widely reported figure that people don’t think “normal people”/high-schoolers and their parents would have too much trouble understanding.
For 5 numbers, something like 5th percentile, 25th percentile, median, 75th percentile, 95th percentile.
3-5 numbers obviously harder to communicate than 1 number, and less precise than the full distribution. But hopefully it’s clear and useful enough to be good here.
I’m not sure I can get away with that? I would say for over 90% of people 3 numbers would add even more confusion than 2. The SAT example is encouraging, although Americans make up a small proportion of my friends and acquaintances.
Plausibly you can get away with reporting 3-5 numbers.
For 3 numbers, 25th percentile, median, 75th percentile. This is the approach (“interquartile range”) used for reporting SAT acceptance ranges in the US. So we have at least a prior example of a widely reported figure that people don’t think “normal people”/high-schoolers and their parents would have too much trouble understanding.
For 5 numbers, something like 5th percentile, 25th percentile, median, 75th percentile, 95th percentile.
3-5 numbers obviously harder to communicate than 1 number, and less precise than the full distribution. But hopefully it’s clear and useful enough to be good here.
I’m not sure I can get away with that? I would say for over 90% of people 3 numbers would add even more confusion than 2. The SAT example is encouraging, although Americans make up a small proportion of my friends and acquaintances.
Just the 25th and 75th percentile?
Yeah I tihnk that’s soemthing like the approach Toby and I were discussing!