How Old Are You?

Yxklyx · February 6, 2002, 11:11

Under 11
11-17
18-24
25-34
35-49
Over 50

RedFred · February 6, 2002, 14:10

I am bumping this thread on the hopes that people will see it and respond to it; so that it doesn't get buried by the competing thread without the survey.

Cybergod · February 6, 2002, 17:04

Thanx RedFred!

Moi is 15 years old (although from my posts you'd think that I come from a creche,

)

Killjoy · February 6, 2002, 19:25

Over 30!

Old enough to know better, and young enough not to care!

spartak · February 6, 2002, 20:16

I did this in the other thread.

Frankychan · February 6, 2002, 21:11

Shouldn't this be in the "Off-Topic" forum?

me, I'm 21 years old baby!

MattyBoy · February 6, 2002, 23:22

Cybergod,
now I understand...
...you were being kind to us.

feeling a bit old

TresXF · February 7, 2002, 01:33

XXXII

Cybergod · February 7, 2002, 15:09

Quote:

Originally posted by MattyBoy
Cybergod,
now I understand...
...you were being kind to us.

feeling a bit old

But truth is the best weapon of choice...

Adalbertus · February 8, 2002, 14:32

Apparently, playing SMACX shows the wisdom of age

And next year I will move to the group with relative majority.

Yesterday, I received my copy of Alien Crossfire

> celebrating <

And of course
*bump*
to give youngsters the chance to vote

Jac de Molay · February 9, 2002, 11:22

I am 31 and wish I could stay this age forever, as if crossing one eyes and they stay that way

well ok, bad analogy maybe

Blake · February 9, 2002, 18:21

Heres the results of some geeky maths which show the actual age distribution.
(The problem with the poll is each group does not cover the same number of years, the 11-17 group covers just 6 years, and the 35-49 group covers 14 years, so the sample range for the 35-49 is more than twice as large, anyway, the long and the short of it is the statistics lie a bit)

Adjusted statistics: (maths to get results ommitted)
0-11: 0%
11-17 : 26%
18-24 : 29%
25-34 : 27%
35-49 : 17%
50-75 : 1%

If drawn as a curve this would show a peak in the 18-24 group, so the best represented age is 18-24.
It is meaningfull to say that "It is almost twice as likely that a given AC-G/H/S'er will be 20 than 40"
However the distribution is really quite even from about 15 - 35

As a rating of maturity the poll grouping works quite well, as it could easily be argued there is less maturity difference between a 40 and 45 year old than a 15 and 20 year old.

Do I expect you to care?

No, I expect you to die!
BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
(Or something

)

Darius · February 10, 2002, 20:40

I agree that the groupings are not uniform and that the results may therefore be a bit misleading. But that does not change the results. If 16 out of 53 people are 35-49 years old (the current results as I post this), then that is indeed 30.19% of the total as it says at the top, not 17% as you said. 16 is not 17% of 53.

gwillybj · February 10, 2002, 20:42

21 Mar 1963 at 17:45 GMT.
Sun 00°24' Aries

Ascendant 00°04' Leo

You should see my chart

And people wonder why my mood is erratic

Darius · February 10, 2002, 21:44

Quote:

Originally posted by gwillybj
Sun 00°24' Aries

Ascendant 00°04' Leo

You should see my chart

And people wonder why my mood is erratic

Blake · February 11, 2002, 05:31

I probably should have emphasised that the statistics I gave were the age distribution. If you graphed my figures as a histograph the area would acurrately represent the distribution of ages, while if you graphed the poll results directely you would get an almost entirely meaningless graph (altough, such graphs do turn up, because they are technically correct and potentially misleading - usfull for when you need to lie with statistics).

So, the poll results are correct, but they are also misleading.
For example, you could easily be forgiven for making a conclusion like "There are more 40 year olds than 20 year olds on AC-G/H/S" (on the basis of 20%, 29% respective), altough said conclusion is entirely inaccurate.

Or, IOW, the poll results are correct, but lie

Darius · February 11, 2002, 08:47

I'd be interested to see your math. (I'm an engineer; I can handle it.)

Yxklyx · February 11, 2002, 10:17

Hey, I just copied the age ranges that the one poster mentioned they used for the Civ III poll - I wanted to be consistent with that poll. The bigger problem with this poll, is that if you're 50 you're not allowed to vote.