[RTTY] JARTS Age Analysis

[Don Hill AA5AU]

I plan on doing a graph which will show the distribution in five-year age groups.  This was done previously by Hisami 7L4IOU in 2009
and I have those results.  I'm not sure I'll get it done today but I'll try.

73, Don AA5AU
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-----Original Message-----
From: Al Kozakiewicz [mailto:akozak at hourglass.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 9:33 AM
To: Don Hill AA5AU; 'rtty reflector'
Subject: RE: [RTTY] JARTS Age Analysis

For the the type of question being asked, the median is usually a more meaningful metric - the point where half the sample is
greater than and half is less than.

Since human beings have an upper limit to age :-(, the difference is pretty small.  On the other hand, take a town with 10,000
residents and ask each their net worth.  Calculate the median and average.  Now have Bill Gates and Warren Buffet decide to call the
town home and recalculate.  You'd find that median better represents the "typical" then average does.

Al
AB2ZY

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From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Hill AA5AU [aa5au at bellsouth.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:17 AM
To: 'rtty reflector'
Subject: [RTTY] JARTS Age Analysis


The average age for the 2583 callsigns was 56.85 or rounded to 57 years old.  Actually this is younger than I thought it would be.
I thought perhaps the average age would be in the 60s.

The median age was 58.=