Explain Why a Geometric Mean Can Exceed Its Median
Company: StackAdapt
Role: Machine Learning Engineer
Category: Statistics & Math
Difficulty: easy
Interview Round: Technical Screen
Overview: Derive the mean and a discrete median of a geometric waiting-time distribution on trials 1, 2, 3, and onward. See how its right tail can pull the mean above the median, and handle logarithm rounding, alternate parameterization, and p = 1.