--- Kok Chen <chen@mac.com> wrote:
> On Oct 19, 2004, at 10:18 AM, Phil Cooper wrote:
> > Actually, the average isn't that meaningful
> anyway, and one should go
> > by the
> > MEAN age, which happened to be reasonably similar
> for most of us.
>
> Phil, do you mean the "median" age?
>
> "Average" is synonymous with the (unweighted)
> "mean." (Sum of samples
> divided by number of samples)
>
> "Median" is when you line up all the samples in
> ascending order and is
> equal to the value of the sample smack at middle the
> list.
>
> A nonuniform density function (as is the case with
> age, whether hams or
> the general baby boomer anomaly) can cause the mean
> and the median to
> be wildly different.
>
> I suspect that in addition to the 50-59 generation
> coming off the baby
> boom, there is also some contribution due to being
> the right age to get
> hooked on radio when the Sputnik craze hit (.... ..
> .... .. .... ..).
>
> I put the blame on you guys. Afterall, Sir Bernard
> Lovell was the one
> who started DX'ing Sputniks at Jodrell Bank :-).
>
> 73
> Chen, W7AY
Or perhaps the modal (most frequently occurring) age?
73 de Jim - AD6CW
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