eli5 is average height studies objective or subjective?

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I was having a conversation with my best friend and they said that the average height is a subject thing bc in order for it to be objective they need to have study or gotten all the heights from every man in American. I’m not certain how data or stats work. But maybe it’s objective only by those who have been tested on average? Idk how to explain it to them or if I’m wrong help me understand a bit better.

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When you’re dealing with **things you can measure**, that’s **objective**.

Subjective would be something based on an opinion or perspective of a person. Height is not subjective, but asking if a sample groups thinks taller people are more attractive is subjective

The sample size not being large enough is certainly something that could cause an error in a study but a source of uncertainly in the data doesn’t make it subjective.

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