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Your age?

13 or 14
71
16%
15 or 16
103
23%
17 or 18
67
15%
19 - 21
55
12%
22 - 24
49
11%
25 - 28
37
8%
29 - 33
16
4%
34 - 40
9
2%
41 - 49
18
4%
50 or over
17
4%
 
Total votes : 442
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AiliailiA
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How old are you?

Postby AiliailiA » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:07 am

It's the age poll again.

There will be complaints about the poll. There always are. So before complaining, read this:

I've looked at previous polls, and seen that the Generalites who vote are heavily weighted to the teenage years. A poll by decades (13-22, 23-32, etc) would surely show this, but it's not very interesting, and can be extracted from other kinds of polls.

So this poll has greater resolution in the age range I'm expecting to be most populated. That is, rather than discovering the obvious, it aims to let the majority of voters know how many other posters are near their age. The last catagory (49+) lumps a 50 year old in with a 90 year old ... and that's just bad luck for them. It seems more important to me to let an 18 year old know how many other posters are within a year or two of their own age ... quite simply because there will be more of them than there are of posters 50 and older.

If (as I expect) most Generalites are teenagers and young adults, the greater resolution at younger ages will also allow a more accurate estimate of median age.

There is no <13 catagory, because anyone who votes that way is either joking, or in violation of the site terms and conditions.

The first three options span two years each. The next two span three years. The sixth one spans four ... so you can't just look at the bars in the poll and see the age pyramid of NSG visually.

For that, I will fill in the graph below. The poll options are spread out horizontally to account for how many years they span and you CAN see a curve of all the ages.


Results, as in the poll above, but scaled to account for the different number of years in each range:

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I will edit this graph from time to time. (Edited once, 3 votes) (Edit 2, 64 votes) (Edit 3, 128 votes) (Edit 4, 184 votes)

This graph will no longer be updated


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(Edit 5, 220 votes) (Edit 6, 306 votes)


Edit 7: By single years, using both poll data and ages claimed by posters:

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Edit 8: Estimates by year, showing preponderance of poll data (340) vs. data from posts (90):

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Method for anyone who cares. Questions and suggestions are welcome.



Feel free to discuss age, ageism, legal rights etc. Or criticize the poll. I know you will :(
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Postby Fionnuala_Saoirse » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:11 am

I'm disappointed the age groupings bump me up into a higher one than I would like

*sob*
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Postby Cameroi » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:12 am

old enough for it to be considered impolite to ask. which is not to say i'm any less then glad and thankful to have lived this long.
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Postby AiliailiA » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:13 am

Fionnuala_Saoirse wrote:I'm disappointed the age groupings bump me up into a higher one than I would like

*sob*


So you're a geezer ... or whatever the female equivalent of a geezer is?
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Postby Pope Joan » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:13 am

64.

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Postby H-Alba » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:49 am

21
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Postby Samuraikoku » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:51 am

22. Turning 23 on January 20th 2012.
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Postby AiliailiA » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:51 am

Pope Joan wrote:64.

Ring down the curtain.


I mentioned that I looked at some previous age-poll threads?

You're not the oldest active poster.
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Cannot think of a name wrote:"Where's my immortality?" will be the new "Where's my jetpack?"
Maineiacs wrote:"We're going to build a canal, and we're going to make Columbia pay for it!" -- Teddy Roosevelt
Ifreann wrote:That's not a Freudian slip. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother.
Ethel mermania wrote:
Ifreann wrote:
DnalweN acilbupeR wrote:
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What are the colons meant to convey here?
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Postby FreeLaannds » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:53 am

I am 72, 73 in February.
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Postby Cameroi » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:53 am

Ailiailia wrote:
Pope Joan wrote:64.

Ring down the curtain.


I mentioned that I looked at some previous age-poll threads?

You're not the oldest active poster.

i'm younger then pj. b: 27 may 1948.
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Postby Ifreann » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:54 am

I'm closing in on 24.
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Postby Phoenigetuzstha » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:54 am

17
WHF5: 1st (24 points)
WHF6: 15th (7 points)
WHF7: 7th (24 points)
WHF8: 5th (29 points)
WHF9: 13th (13 points)
WHF10: 4th (31 points)
WV20: 6th (75 points)
WV21: 9th (72 points)
WV22: 4th (135 points)
WV23: 10th (76 points)
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Postby Pechenekistan » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:55 am

Seventeen
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Postby AiliailiA » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:56 am

Ifreann wrote:I'm closing in on 24.


Ah, but from which direction?
My name is voiced AIL-EE-AIL-EE-AH. My time zone: UTC.
Cannot think of a name wrote:"Where's my immortality?" will be the new "Where's my jetpack?"
Maineiacs wrote:"We're going to build a canal, and we're going to make Columbia pay for it!" -- Teddy Roosevelt
Ifreann wrote:That's not a Freudian slip. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother.
Ethel mermania wrote:
Ifreann wrote:
DnalweN acilbupeR wrote:
: eugenics :
What are the colons meant to convey here?
In my experience Colons usually convey shit
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Postby FreeLaannds » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:57 am

Cameroi wrote:
Ailiailia wrote:
I mentioned that I looked at some previous age-poll threads?

You're not the oldest active poster.

i'm younger then pj. b: 27 may 1948.


13 February, 1939
About myself: I was born in the Soviet Union and served in military ('64 to '82). I support the USSR, and am an active member of the Communist Party of Russian Federation.
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Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps. - V.I. Lenin
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Postby Ranbo » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:00 am

I'm surprised that there are so many people in the category of over 50.

16 myself!
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Postby Erinkita » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:07 am

17. 18 in February.
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Postby Ranbo » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:08 am

Someone needs to update the graph.
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Postby Partybus » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:12 am

46.5
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Postby AiliailiA » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:13 am

Posting an exact age is good. When I go to estimate average and median ages of NSG, I will subtract the declared ages from the voted ages (because the declared age is more precise).

That is, if you voted "17 - 18" but you declared 18, your age will be counted as 18 instead of 17.5

Assumption: anyone who posts to the thread also voted. Seems a pretty safe assumption.
My name is voiced AIL-EE-AIL-EE-AH. My time zone: UTC.
Cannot think of a name wrote:"Where's my immortality?" will be the new "Where's my jetpack?"
Maineiacs wrote:"We're going to build a canal, and we're going to make Columbia pay for it!" -- Teddy Roosevelt
Ifreann wrote:That's not a Freudian slip. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother.
Ethel mermania wrote:
Ifreann wrote:
DnalweN acilbupeR wrote:
: eugenics :
What are the colons meant to convey here?
In my experience Colons usually convey shit
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Postby Erendi » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:14 am

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Postby Xeng He » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:17 am

I'm actually 16, myself. :)
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Postby Asterdan » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:20 am

Oooh, about that age
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Postby Mad Monarch » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:20 am

17 and not looking forward to 18.
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Postby Rouge Pioneers » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:21 am

15.
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