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| | | Long time readers of .loc.au (and perhaps a few others) may recall my love of statistics, and my dislike of the use of averages as a reasonable measure of a population. I have therefore calculated the average set in my collection (though, of course, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: My average set —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) Great! So what is your median set???????? ROSCO (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: My average set —David Drew
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| | | | | Come on Richie, you have to give us more information than that. What is the metric you use to calculate the average? Set number? Pieces? Age of set? For the set re-releases, do you use the old set number, or the new set number? Also, what is your (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | Re: My average set —Pete White
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| | | | | | | (...) Doesn't have anything to do with the average number of blue pieces in sets ? pete.w (not a color drone, a statistical drone) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | Re: My average set —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | (...) I'm glad you asked ;-) This set was the closest match to number of parts, number of minifigs and price. These are the most important stats I keep (though I do keep a fair bit more besides). My favourite calculate stat is cpp (cents per piece). (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | (...) Yes! But wait, there's more: My modal set is: [LEGOSet 6706] And the standard deviation is: [LEGOSet 2284] (I'm looking forward to revising all this stuff post Christmas!). Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Michael Dallaston
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Well quantified! Though I, for one, am not completely comfortable with the idea that a standard deviation can be as concrete a thing as a Lego set, albeit one as fine as the Clown-go-round. Maybe they cover this in second year... However I can (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Paul Baulch
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Mine is: [LEGOSet 7310] Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Pete White
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) That wasn't hard to guess Paul's ;^) Mine is: [LEGOSet 2870] recruitment for the 'Brittany Spears' pink arches, pink radar dish :^P 1 x 1 tile in yellow white arch pizzas, cats, goblets, flowers (all easy to sell) pete.w (that wouldn't have (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Aaron Amatnieks
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| | | | | | | | (...) My modal is easy (slowly building my army of undead, bwah ha haaaa) [LEGOSet 7409] But I was suprised at my average set [LEGOSet 6926] I forgot I even owned this :) And yes, boxing day sales could really effect the new year stats Aaron A (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | (...) How about the "Aarrr...rrr" measure? ROSCO (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | (...) Average: [LEGOSet 6296] Median: [LEGOSet 5302] Modal: [LEGOSet 627] Interesting to note: I also don't own my average set My average set is a pirate set!! Weird... ROSCO (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Matthew Wightwick
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| | | | | | | | | I guess I'll get caught up in this Mathematical craziness, too, since I happen to be a Maths graduate. My average (mean) set: [LEGOSet 6007] Modal set: [LEGOSet 3219] Median set: [LEGOSet 6523] Some notes: I actually do own my mean set, but not my (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Michael Dallaston
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I'm confoosled. How can you not own your median set? Unless it means something other than what thought it meant... Michael (only an undergrad :( ) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Michael Dallaston
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Oh wait... I see. plz ignore me :P (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Easy! Have an even number of sets, and not have a multiple that set spans the midpoint. (If there is no midpoint you take the average of the two around the midpoint). (...) If you had a collection which consisted of ten copies each of: (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Bah! Anyone can do that!!! BTW after re-evaluating, I must amend my stats - my modal set is now [LEGOSet 9936] A significant portion of which are utilised (URL) here>. This may also mean my average & median are wrong, but I can't be bothered (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Michael Dallaston
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I realised this about 30 seconds after posting... just had one of those moments I guess. (...) So it's true, you can make the data say whatever you want! Michael (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I think you emphasised the wrong word in that sentence. Try: "So it's true, you can make the data say whatever you want!" ;-) Cheers Richie Dulin Statistician of .loc.au (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | | (...) A good choice! A personal favourite too (although I've taken a Stanley knife to at least one of mine). (...) See what I mean about averages? (...) And your average set is a very average set indeed. Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | (...) D'oh! I just remembered I sold some to Paul. Oh well, I think it's still my most plentiful set. ROSCO (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | Dang. It's so fun to do this stuff on the last day of work before Xmas. Avg year: 1999.00 Avg MSRP: 20.02 Avg Pieces: 172.35 Avg Figs: 1.65 Avg Set Number: 6092.84 Based on the above: Average set (don't own it): [LEGOSet 6432] Average set I actually (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | | (...) But don't forget: There's never a bad time for statistics. (...) Having calculated the averages. I looked at the dataset and selected the average set. It was the right number of figs, with a very close match on pieces. There was an exact match (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | | (...) It sounds like the tagline for a kid's math show that nobody watches :) (...) Alright, that works-- I had to write a program to figure mine out, cuz I'll be a Timmy's uncle before I try to find the deviation on each of those categories for (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —C. L. GunningCook
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| | | | | | In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote: Hey Richie, While discussing gambling in Aus and searching out relevant sites, with another AFOL, I came across an interesting abbreviation that I thought, you might appreciate..... ABS = Australian Bureau of (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | (...) LOL! I deal with the ABS from time to time, use their stats regularly, and have several of their publications on my bookshelf... and yet the ABS/ABS link had never occured to me. Weird, huh? Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —C. L. GunningCook
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| | | | | | (...) Actually seconds after I posted (isn't that always the way) I thought, "Gee, you probably were already well aware of that term, considering your interests." It sort of funny, in a weird sort of way, that you didn't link the two. Of course, (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Pete White
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| | | | | | (...) Accessible Bald Spot, Austrian Boot Stomp, Active Butt Scratching, Acute Bile Shortage, Accumulated Bowel Sludge, Amiable Beer Shower, Acquired Bite Syndrome pete.w (Acronyms Barely Spoken) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —C. L. GunningCook
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| | | | | | (...) Oh no Peter, not again Okay, I cant resist..... This game is........Agonising But Stimulating, I truly........Attempted Bypassing Suffering, It got the better of me.....Admittedly Boldly Submit, Then my...... Anticipation Bended Sadly, Truth (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Rob Antonishen
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| | | | | | | (...) Worse than Y2K....more impactive than IPV6 ...its..... TLA Overload. Yes...you heard it here first... Three Letter Acronym Overload 2005 is the year we completely ran out of three letter acronyms. Due to increasing use of TLA's in the computer (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My average set —C. L. GunningCook
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| | | | | | | | (...) OMG! AFAK this is totally awesome news. I TY personally for bringing this to my attention. (...) Excellent! Any proposed dates for when we will reach the full term for the 7 letter variety Re: ROFLMAO (...) Contact them I did! IANAL, but after (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | (...) Didn't they tell you: pete.w = Pete Eventually Tries Every Word. Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My average set —Travis Matheson
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| | | | | | (...) God Damn you people! thanks to this Mindless discussion I now look at every word I see and start to think of abbreviations that word could have. Damn it, Damn it, Damn IT! Although some of them have been interesting. I shouldn't have suggested (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | Re: My average set —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | Hmm, who are these people who even know what sets they have bought and in what quantity? I haven't a clue, but I can guess that my most frequently bought set is the bulk packs of 2x4 tan bricks. I bought an awful lot of them. Kerry (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | Re: My average set —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | (...) Naturally! (Though it surprises me that you don't have such a record .... I do recall you cataloging all the components of The Church of Steeple Cheney, after all.) Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | Re: My average set —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) Mine is there for all to see: (URL) occasionally gets a little out of date, and it doesn't show sets I bought for parting out, or parts I've bought sans set, but you can't have everything ;) ROSCO (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | Re: My average set —C. L. GunningCook
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| | | | (...) I was wondering the exact same thing as I read through this whole thread. Of course math even in the form of stats freaks me out as much as dead things. (...) I can answer that one, without calculations, thankfully! (but not including (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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