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MMD Subscriber Demographics Histogram
By Dave Miller

With 21% of the precincts reporting in, here are the results so far:
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Age     Quantity
---     --------
 6-10
11-15
16-20   ##
21-25   ##
26-30   ##
31-35   ########
36-40   ################
41-45   ##########
46-50   ################
51-55   #################
56-60   ##############
61-65   #########
66-70   ###
71-75
76-80
81-85   #
86-90

Data Points:    100 of 465 (21%)
Average Age:    47.9
Median Age:     50
Youngest:       19
Oldest:         83
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Current Top Five Guesses for Average (without going over):
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47.5    braunp@acslink.net.au (Peter Braun)
47.5    76651.1710@CompuServe.COM (Paul A. Johnson)
47.4    hunts5@net66.com (Skip Hunt)
47.25   james_heyworth@sunshine.net (Jim Heyworth)
47      tuttleja@concentric.net (John A. Tuttle)
•
For the remaining 79%, if you want to participate, send a message like
the following to "davem@vcd.hp.com" (without quotes):
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11/61           (month and year of birth)
Camas, WA 98607 (City)
47.9            (your guess for our average age)
•
Don't worry about the exact syntax, it is being read by a human (me).

Regards,

Dave

P.S. I am not involved with the administration of the Digest, I am just
a regular subscriber.

P.P.S. I will leave the interpretation of the data up to the
statisticians in the group :-)

 [ I wonder why the dip at 40-45?  -- Robbie

(Message sent Tue, 18 Feb 97 18:17:08 PST , from time zone -0800.)

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