> >Subject: Re: Age Question <THE RESULTS> >From: Douglas Aalseth
>And the results are in. Interestingly I was able to gather more data >from the replies than I had expected. Note. I'm a geologist and >computer geek not a statistician so this is about the limit of what I >can do with this data. > >By Age >Low 16 >High 75 > ><20 1 >20-24 5 >25-29 3 >30-34 7 >35-39 5 >40-44 8 >45-49 4 >50-54 2 >55-59 2 >60-64 1 >65-69 0 >70-74 1 >75-79 1 >Total Replies 40 > >Median 38.5 >Average 39.025 >This plots as an asymmetrical bell curve around 38 years old. > As usual, I'm below average. Thanks, this list is great for my self esteem :) The data stands to reason though; think about when computers first showed up in elementary schools (around here it was about '83 or '84). That would make those students 25 to 31 years old now (assuming students start at age 5ish, as they do around here), and I'm guessing not many of those were Macs at the time. Factor in the time it took Macs to overtake Apple's in the schools, and I'm going to guess that the students at the time pretty accurately represent the median age of the curve presented here. On a blantently off topic note (not like any of this ranting has been on topic), I personnally think Apple is messing up big time by not going eafter the educational market harder than they have. With all the iTunes, iChat, iDVD, etc (iDon't know if any of these titles are accurate), I would think that the one i "anything" that would get the most bang for the buck in the retail computer market would be iEducate. I can't really visualize what that program would be, if I could, I'd probably be rich now. Enough of the OT BS! Though it does loosely (very, like boxer shorts) pertain to the thread, it's even looser to the list (clown pants perhaps?, I'm at a loss here) My apologies for the ranting. J White -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
