How old are you and guess the average age of libcom

oisleep
Posts: 2830 Joined: 20-04-05
Submitted by oisleep on 1 August, 2005 - 23:38.

i'll go first and it's obviously hardest for me as i've no data to go on

I'm 32

and i'll guess the average age of libcom is 23

try it in your eyes

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catch "unpractical[sic] and blinkered"
Posts: 10031 Joined: 07-02-06 Location: London
1 August, 2005 - 23:41

24. Reckon 23's about right.

kalabine
Posts: 748 Joined: 27-03-04
2 August, 2005 - 00:23

28 - i reckon the average age is about 26

madashell "KSW, LOL"
Posts: 3114 Joined: 19-06-06 Location: Merseyside
2 August, 2005 - 01:04

I'm 19, 25 seems around the mark.

darren red star
Posts: 91 Joined: 14-05-05
2 August, 2005 - 06:43

i am 38, but i know that i am not the oldest, am i, creepyoller?

my guess is that the average is 30,

is there a prize for the winner?

JDMF "G.F.H - Vegan Style"
Posts: 3220 Joined: 21-05-04 Location: Manchester
2 August, 2005 - 07:16

i guess the average user age is 21, but the average age of people who will post on this thread will be 28.

me: 31

creepyoller
Posts: 120 Joined: 01-05-05
2 August, 2005 - 07:19

OK Mr Redparty, I'll own up. I'm 53, but without the maturity of some 38 year olds.

I guess the average age of libcom users is 29.

the button "jesus christ, john, have you actually even read any marx?"
Posts: 5636 Joined: 07-07-04 Location: Lewisham, London
2 August, 2005 - 08:41

I'm 35, and I reckon the average age is 30.

[statsgeek]I also reckon that the arithmetic mean is not the appropriate measure of central tendency in this case, as the small number of older posters will distort the figure. The median age would be about 23, I reckon. Maybe even younger. embarrassed [/statsgeek]

oisleep
Posts: 2830 Joined: 20-04-05
2 August, 2005 - 08:47

that's why i've decided to chop of creepyoller and whoever the youngest person is (it'll be one of jack's friends) so we don't skew the average too much

sorry creepy!!

catch "unpractical[sic] and blinkered"
Posts: 10031 Joined: 07-02-06 Location: London
2 August, 2005 - 08:50

Not necessarily oisleep, wait and see if the ICC joins in! There's one or two other posters who I reckon could be over 50 as well. Creepy might get counted yet.

oisleep
Posts: 2830 Joined: 20-04-05
2 August, 2005 - 08:51

i'll obviously be posting up distribution graphs and the like as well with all the necessary standard deviation information

Lazy Riser "Orvillite Allegory"
Posts: 4964 Joined: 06-05-05
2 August, 2005 - 08:54

Hi

38. I know how old lucy82 is, but I'm not saying.

I guess the mean will be 31.

Lots of love

Chris

Mitch
Posts: 202 Joined: 14-01-05
2 August, 2005 - 08:55
oisleep wrote:
i'll go first and it's obviously hardest for me as i've no data to go on

I'm 32

and i'll guess the average age of libcom is 23

try it in your eyes

Gwood morning, i'm 37 years young, 38 in a couple of months. Gadzooks. I reckon the average age of posters is older than you think. But perhaps 23 is the average age of the moderators/admin?

Pushka, Lucy, Peter Good and Seamus are all much older than me grin (and wiser I might add!) (Seamus was a shop steward in the post war period!! eek )

I've an idea, oh mighty administratoriarios, if you really want to push the average age of posters through the roof! we could do with a sub group added to this forum:

NAN - Northern Anarchist Network.

Would this be possible? There's a great pool of anarchist oldies in this group, I learn a lot from the oldies, but at the last NAN conference I told them they had a lot to learn from you lot on here and they rather agreed with that. There's a few new faces coming into NAN now as well, doing various anarchist bits and bats out there in the non-fool world - would be good to have a sub group.

oisleep
Posts: 2830 Joined: 20-04-05
2 August, 2005 - 08:58
Lazy Riser wrote:

I know how old lucy82 is, but I'm not saying.

82?

the button "jesus christ, john, have you actually even read any marx?"
Posts: 5636 Joined: 07-07-04 Location: Lewisham, London
2 August, 2005 - 08:59
oisleep wrote:
i'll obviously be posting up distribution graphs and the like as well with all the necessary standard deviation information

I take it you'll be using chi-square to test statistical significance also. wink

catch "unpractical[sic] and blinkered"
Posts: 10031 Joined: 07-02-06 Location: London
2 August, 2005 - 09:00

Are they silver surfers? If they ask for a forum I doubt we'd have any problem setting it up, or they could just come play in General Discussion twisted

oisleep
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2 August, 2005 - 09:11
the button wrote:
oisleep wrote:
i'll obviously be posting up distribution graphs and the like as well with all the necessary standard deviation information

I take it you'll be using chi-square to test statistical significance also. :wink:

i usually just close one eye and stick my thumb out to determine the line of best fit

the button "jesus christ, john, have you actually even read any marx?"
Posts: 5636 Joined: 07-07-04 Location: Lewisham, London
2 August, 2005 - 09:19
oisleep wrote:
i usually just close one eye and stick my thumb out to determine the line of best fit

grin

(sshhhhhh...... you're giving away all the trade secrets)

RedCelt
Posts: 70 Joined: 17-06-05
2 August, 2005 - 09:42

I'm 25. Average age is mid-20s, I reckon.

red n black star

MalFunction "Hardware fault"
Posts: 525 Joined: 31-10-03
2 August, 2005 - 09:48

greets

i'd tell you but i wouldn't want to skew the results.

(apparently people over 50 aren't to be counted?)

mal

oisleep
Posts: 2830 Joined: 20-04-05
2 August, 2005 - 09:54

no not at all, don't take it the wrong way, only messing around sad

cantdocartwheels "in the aeroplane over the sea"
Posts: 1853 Joined: 15-03-04 Location: London then off to Brighton
2 August, 2005 - 09:55

I'm 21, but i'd guess somewhere between 22 and 23

the button "jesus christ, john, have you actually even read any marx?"
Posts: 5636 Joined: 07-07-04 Location: Lewisham, London
2 August, 2005 - 09:55

Welcome to the boards, Mal. Give your age by all means -- it's just me indulging in a bit of statistical sad-sackery. wink

oisleep
Posts: 2830 Joined: 20-04-05
2 August, 2005 - 09:56
cantdocartwheels wrote:
I'm 21, but i'd guess somewhere between 22 and 23

for your own age confused

creepyoller
Posts: 120 Joined: 01-05-05
2 August, 2005 - 09:57

Just for sake of accuracy, I think darren redparty has missed the VAT off his age.

random
Posts: 261 Joined: 07-01-04
2 August, 2005 - 10:00

28, and i guess the average is probably about 22/3.

thaw
Posts: 310 Joined: 03-03-05
2 August, 2005 - 10:00

Well the average age so far turns out to be 35.9.

I'm 38.

Also, if you statisticians are taking outliers out (eg people over 50, which I didn't, then you should also take them out at the other end, eg 19 year olds)

Jack "Yes we can"
Posts: 10281 Joined: 22-09-03 Location: Brighton
2 August, 2005 - 10:07

I'm 23, average age probably about 27.

lucy_parsons "Cunt saboteur"
Posts: 309 Joined: 13-05-05 Location: Manchester
2 August, 2005 - 10:08

I'm 24, but I was 23 only last week, so I'm not old really. I reckon the average age is about 25ish.

oisleep
Posts: 2830 Joined: 20-04-05
2 August, 2005 - 10:08

i only said i would take the one oldest and one youngest person out that's all

lucy_parsons "Cunt saboteur"
Posts: 309 Joined: 13-05-05 Location: Manchester
2 August, 2005 - 10:10

Are you really 23 Jack? I always pictured you as being in your mid-thirties!

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