Statistical Analysis
I have a small confession to make: I have been indoctrinated by statisticians for too long, in both my academic years and again at work. So I am going to indulge the part-time amateur statistician in me by suggesting the following.
The results of the poll are in: 6 Rock Chicks and 17 Real Men.
It looks as though my prediction was right. There are more men reading this blog than women, and if my previously stated assumption stands, this translates to there being more male than female climbers. This of course assumes that it is only climbers who read this blog, that everyone who read this blog in the last week voted in the poll, and that those who did vote were honest with their votes and didn't change them (thanks for pointing that out, Tom!).
So, in the interests of fighting the statistical indoctrination (as part of my 15-years-too-late teenage rebellion), I should also say the following:
On reflection, I should probably stick to climbing, yoga and making cake, and leave the statistics to the real liars :-)
The results of the poll are in: 6 Rock Chicks and 17 Real Men.
It looks as though my prediction was right. There are more men reading this blog than women, and if my previously stated assumption stands, this translates to there being more male than female climbers. This of course assumes that it is only climbers who read this blog, that everyone who read this blog in the last week voted in the poll, and that those who did vote were honest with their votes and didn't change them (thanks for pointing that out, Tom!).
So, in the interests of fighting the statistical indoctrination (as part of my 15-years-too-late teenage rebellion), I should also say the following:
- I know that not everyone who reads this blog is a climber
- I know that not everyone who read this blog last week voted in the poll
- I have no way of knowing whether all votes were honest votes, or whether there are some people voting who are in complete denial of their gender.
On reflection, I should probably stick to climbing, yoga and making cake, and leave the statistics to the real liars :-)
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Benjamin Disraeli
3 comments:
I think that the people who filled in your questionnaire should be gifted some of your cake.... and the further from rock-climbing monkey-chick they are, the more cake they should have
:chuckle:
oops. I didn't fill in your poll. so that's one more man for your stats, and one more climber - be it one weak old and feeble one - but we all count, sort of.
Dave
You didn't look very weak, old or feeble yesterday, Dave! By the time I'm back, though, I expect you both to be men of steel :-)
Emma
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