Coin statistics, would you be willing?
nwcs
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One of my interests is in statistics. Particularly the research type statistics. I was doing some work with it this morning and it got me thinking...
I was thinking about building an anonymous poll that would ask three things:
Age
Income (range)
Denomination favored
Years in the hobby
Dealer Y/N
and see what interesting information comes out of that. If I were to build this, and (of course) report the findings publicly, would you be willing to participate?
Neil
I was thinking about building an anonymous poll that would ask three things:
Age
Income (range)
Denomination favored
Years in the hobby
Dealer Y/N
and see what interesting information comes out of that. If I were to build this, and (of course) report the findings publicly, would you be willing to participate?
Neil
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<< <i>One of my interests is in statistics. Particularly the research type statistics. I was doing some work with it this morning and it got me thinking... I was thinking about building an anonymous poll that would ask three things: Age Income (range) Denomination favored Years in the hobby Dealer Y/N and see what interesting information comes out of that. If I were to build this, and (of course) report the findings publicly, would you be willing to participate? Neil >>
This would be interesting. It would allow me to see that I really am at the bottom of the heap and it's not just my imagination
I'll participate.
What I plan to do is to give breakdown summaries here and publish a more detailed look in the ANA Numismatist. I have chosen there because they accept submissions and I like the idea of producing a real document for others to develop off of.
Neil
Age: 49...but don't feel a day over 75
Income (range)....gamefully unemployed
Denomination favored......early 20's, burnet,....oh...you meant coins.....Morgans
Years in hobby....too many to remember
Dealer Y/N.....both
GSAGUY
<< <i>NWCS: your poll will be more interesting and informative if you expanded it a bit. As examples, allow for a ranking of preferred series by intensity of preference; specify grade levels or other identifying characteristics for each series; add genger and years of education to the categories; distinguish between US citizens and other folks, etc. Further, your findings are more likely to be published if you analyze the data, i.e., test some hypothesis using statistical tools applied to the information. For example, you could test the hypothesis that primary interest in series/quality combination such as Morgans/monsters is correlated to education level. (Just kidding here. A more likely fit probably would be with income, for obvious reasons.) >>
You're right, there is a lot that I can be doing, but I had to factor in my time and the complexity of the analysis. But those would probably be better suited to a true random sampling so this is more of understanding the profile of those who are participating and seeing what interesting things people are telling us.
Some of the analyses I am thinking of include:
* distribution of age in the hobby
* distribution of age as it relates to denomination
* dist of age denom and income
* dist of age of dealers vs. non-dealers
* comparison of age and years
And probably more as I look at the data. And if it never gets published outside these forum walls, I can truthfully say it will be fun just working on it. I'm sure someone, even if it is only me, will learn something.
Neil
not like it's going to hurt my marriage.
do you want my income before or after my divorce?
if your living like there's no god, you'd better be right!!