If you randomly choose one American man and one American woman...

[Boojatta]

then what's the probability that the man is taller than the woman? What's the probability that the man earns more than the woman?

Now, if you randomly choose two American men and they don't happen to be exactly the same height, what's the probability that the taller man earns more than the shorter man?

[Ian David]

1. I think it's something like $10,000 a year for every inch. n/t

[Happyhippychick]

2. Yeah, that's what those porno stars get too.

<wink>

[jeff30997]

3. You're talking about height,right ?

:hide:

[Happyhippychick]

11. Of course!

:)

[Captain Hilts]

4. We ALWAYS vote for the taller candidate. 2004 might be the exception. nt

[deadmessengers]

5. 1976 & 1972

1976 - Jimmy Carter (5'9") defeated Gerald Ford (6')
1972 - Richard Nixon (5'11") defeated George McGovern (6'1")

Other than those 2 examples, and 2004, though - it holds for the entire TV era. Now, how tall is Barack Obama again?

[Captain Hilts]

9. There wasn't a visible diffference between Nixon and McGovern, and they didn't debate...

anyway.

Bush clearly wore lifts when he debated Gore. Probably the same for Kerry.

[Clark2008]

15. 2004

I'm pretty sure Kerry was taller than Shrub.

[wuushew]

6. Actual tallness is somewhat irrelevant in the tv age

Tom Cruise has made a lot of money despite being short.

Also nobody can tell true height in say Lord of the Rings. Camera trickery effectively gave the false impression that many of the actors had the stature of hobbits.


McCain's profile is that of a hunchback so who knows how tall he is.

[deadmessengers]

7. yeah, but what about the debates?

According to the information I have, McLame is 5'7", while Obama is 6'2" (I just looked it up after my question above). A seven inch difference will become very apparent when they're standing next to each other at the debate.

Of course, it's truly pathetic that this matters, but in the TV age, it does.

[seabeyond]

8. tv's manipulated it in favor of bush... so he didnt seem short, ... with kerry/bush debates. n/t

[jberryhill]

13. They adjusted podium sizes the last time, IIRC /nt

[Captain Hilts]

10. McCain is not tall. nt

[Boojatta]

12. Kick

[Boojatta]

14. Please do not hesitate to discuss how you might approach

the problem of trying to get reliable answers to the questions posed in the Original Post of this thread. You don't need to give an answer that is a result of a long, hidden process of thought, research, and analysis.