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Tell me about it, I'm twenty-six so imagine how old I feel!
Ha, I see your 26, sir and raise you 29. However, I don't feel a day over 12.
I just use guile and experience, rather than brute force. I'm working on iPhone apps now, and trying to rely on taste and thoughtfulness to separate myself from the crowd (barely working).
Interestingly enough, it seems that most respondents fall between 20-25 with the next largest group being 25-30. >I was surprised because I thought the crowd here was mainly young. Maybe there is something about being +40 that compels one to disclose one's age?
Being almost 40 I would say that the opposite is true ;-)
Age doesn't matter. This poll should read something like "I started programming on 1) an Abacus 2) IBM mainframes, punchcards, etc... 3) Apple II 4) Commodore 64, 5) IBM PC, etc... Feel free to take the idea and do another poll. I'm too tired/busy.
Just because it doesn't matter does not mean we can't ask it. It's interesting to find out the age distribution of HN despite any practical (or other) purpose. Its a "just for giggles" kind of thing.
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Also, I'm guessing until probably about age 45, people feel better about hitting the next age bracket so they'll mark the older one if there's any overlap.
I don't know man .. I'm coming up on 30 in August, and I'm not sure I feel that great about it .. the whole closer to 40 than 20 thing, without feeling like I've done enough that really matters yet ..
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The key issue is being good at statistics, not math. The data can't be relied on to make such an inference because they are not from a random sample of the relevant population. VOLUNTARY RESPONSE POLLS One professor of statistics, who is a co-author of a highly regarded AP statistics textbook, has tried to popularize the phrase that "voluntary response data are worthless" to go along with the phrase "correlation does…
Surely it's incorrect to make a blanket statement that voluntary response data is worthless. Worthless means there is zero information in the data, which would only be true in extreme cases.
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Excellent point. The alternatives given should 15, 16-20, 21-25 etc. Given this you should pick 20-25 (21-25) if you're 25.
Most programmers have the habit of using asymmetric bounds i.e. lower bound included, upper bound excluded.
20 here and I like the community here because people of all different ages can talk without any form of disrespect or judgement based on age, experience, or any other factor.
I've read so many comments here that I've completely disagreed with, but they always give a valid point or opinion.
20 here and I like the community here because people of all different ages can talk without any form of disrespect or judgement based on age, experience, or any other factor.
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Just because it doesn't matter does not mean we can't ask it. It's interesting to find out the age distribution of HN despite any practical (or other) purpose. Its a "just for giggles" kind of thing.
So was my answer, but it was missing a smiley or two and the right tone, I guess. Tired/busy, as I said:-)
Your post is sarcastic and belittling. mixmax's post is curious and intriguing.
When I said "just for giggles", I said it with curiosity in mind, not sarcasm.
> "I'm too tired/busy."
I hope you feel better.
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The key issue is being good at statistics, not math. The data can't be relied on to make such an inference because they are not from a random sample of the relevant population. VOLUNTARY RESPONSE POLLS One professor of statistics, who is a co-author of a highly regarded AP statistics textbook, has tried to popularize the phrase that "voluntary response data are worthless" to go along with the phrase "correlation does…
Surely it's incorrect to make a blanket statement that voluntary response data is worthless. Worthless means there is zero information in the data, which would only be true in extreme cases.
"The median poll selection of a HN visitor who clicked on a poll which was on the front page on the following weekdays (and national holidays in the following countries:...) was..." etc.
If the information content is sufficiently hard to extract usefully that it would be easier to redo the sample in a sensible way, then you could call the sample worthless. (A bit like uneconomic oil reserves).