Thanks, David. My plan was to read their logic (and maybe their rationale) and then enter a suggestion on how I (a user) would like to see the stats calculated. ;) It's a neat feature in v8, but not so snazzy if the logic is not meaningful. --Paula
________________________________ From: David Newton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Logic for statistics reports Hi Paula There was an eventually fruitless discussion about this problem last December http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40legacyusers.com/msg33263.html I have to confess I did not report this as a bug because I dont' think it is a bug. In my opinion this is a result of faulty logic in the programming of the statistics calculations for lifespan by century and until someone representing Legacy comes clean and explains why this is happening and what they are going to do about it then the only safe advice is to ignore those statistics and not place too much trust in the rest. David On 21/04/2014 00:58, Paula Ryburn wrote: Is there a place where they explain how the stats are calculated?  Wondering why my average age for individuals in 1900-1999 is just 6 years old...?! > >--Paula in Texas >Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > ________________________________ This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
