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Re: My average set
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Date: 
Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:36:16 GMT
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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 median set number?

David Drew,
who's average set number is probably high in the 8000's



Richie Dulin wrote:

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,
it is no longer intact as a 'set') is:

<<LEGOSet(6047)>>

Cool huh?

Cheers

Richie Dulin


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  Re: My average set
 
(...) 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)
  Re: My average set
 
(...) 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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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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