Monday, July 29, 2002

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics


 

I've only linked this because something is clearly wrong; I'm not bragging, honest. Especially because my mathematical shenanigans demonstrate that I've actually got nothing to brag about.

So there's no scale, but looking at the proportions, I can get the total votes to add up to 46 - close to 48 - like this:
1 X 0 votes = 0
2 X 2 votes = 4
3 X 4 votes = 12
4 X 4 votes = 16
5 X 8 votes = 40
6 X 4 votes = 24
7 X 12 votes = 84
8 X 4 votes = 36
9 X 6 votes = 54
10 X 2 votes = 20
TOT: 46 votes, 290 points
average, therefore: 6.3

Of course, there's the old-fashioned method; you just look at the chart and go, "average about seven, then?"

Either way, there's either a glitch, or blog - hot or not is just another vanity blogging enterprise to make us all feel better. We should be told.

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