How much do you earn?
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onenameshelley
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top_biller said:No, unfortunately
I do have a ninja t-shirt though
gutted iwas thinking of forming a union.
A tshirt is good enough though
By the power of some elementary statistics from my A level, the current average earning for those on urban75 (assuming everyone who earns over £150,000 is merely telling poppycock) is:
£25,648.
I don't have a calculator at hand which will calculate the standard deviation (easily, I'm not going to tap in that many numbers either). Wage distributions tend to be log normal and I can't be arsed to calculate the confidence intervals for the above figure but it should be 'ok' using 54 data points and I can't remember what statistical test you would use anyway... possibly chi square.
No doubt, loads of data will come in to totally screw up the figure as well...
£25,648.
I don't have a calculator at hand which will calculate the standard deviation (easily, I'm not going to tap in that many numbers either). Wage distributions tend to be log normal and I can't be arsed to calculate the confidence intervals for the above figure but it should be 'ok' using 54 data points and I can't remember what statistical test you would use anyway... possibly chi square.
No doubt, loads of data will come in to totally screw up the figure as well...
Reg in slippers
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Crispy said:
i try, but i can't
*Miss Daisy*
Suck a Big Hairy....
the B said:
yes,, but if you look at the percentages you'll see a different statistic
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
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Why aren't you assuming that anyone else on the poll is telling poppycock?the B said:
*Miss Daisy* said:
Taking broader groupings... currently...
15 at 0 to 15k
16 at 20k to 30k
16 at 35k to 90k
And some of those in the 0 to 15k bracket like me and Flavour at least, are students so we wouldn't really count in 'real' average wage statistics as we are at most, on a part-time salary so don't reflect the real 'average wage'.
Tedix said:
Why would I? I don't think there are many if any people on urban actually 'millions and millions' per year or have a wage similar to Bill Gates or the fictional Richie Rich. Is Scrooge McDuck on urban75?
A few figures that are incorrect don't have huge impact by the time you reach a decent number of data points. On a normal distribution, you get 95% confidence with 30 by the central limit theorem and law of large numbers. Granted, this isn't a normal distribution... but the log normal, iirc, isn't too bad in it's demands to make the 90% confidence interval.
sleaterkinney
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I work in IT so it has no bearing on reality, so I'm not posting it up.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzthe B said:Why would I? I don't think there are many if any people on urban actually 'millions and millions' per year or have a wage similar to Bill Gates or the fictional Richie Rich. Is Scrooge McDuck on urban75?
A few figures that are incorrect don't have huge impact by the time you reach a decent number of data points. On a normal distribution, you get 95% confidence with 30 by the central limit theorem and law of large numbers. Granted, this isn't a normal distribution... but the log normal, iirc, isn't too bad in it's demands to make the 90% confidence interval.
Bonfirelight
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the B said:
ahhh, but unlike most polls i figure there's a high number of mischevious u75 users who would take some satisfaction in skewing your results
i don't earn nuffink, but i do have a vast trust fund from daddy
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
a fiver an hour 
han
love is the answer
I'm on 24.5 pro rata a year...
I can't see myself ever earning any more than that - the kind of jobs I would like to do all seem to be quite low paid. In fact I'm going through a bit of a mid-life crisis at the moment so might go and work on a pig farm for £2 an hour or something.
I can't see myself ever earning any more than that - the kind of jobs I would like to do all seem to be quite low paid. In fact I'm going through a bit of a mid-life crisis at the moment so might go and work on a pig farm for £2 an hour or something.
Bonfirelight said:ahhh, but unlike most polls i figure there's a high number of mischevious u75 users who would take some satisfaction in skewing your results
In what particular direction? How much is a high number? The relative closeness to the overall national average suggests that any mischief hasn't really done much.
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Well, I believe at least half of the people who you have discounted as mischief making are in fact working for under the national average wage. Similarly, you have included people in your estimations who are indeed mischief making.the B said:
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I'm most certainly not workshyzenie said:You're a work-shy student!
I have to work fucking hard in my job to fund my way through uni!What do you do?I however live off immoral earnings!!!
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zenie said:Only joking
I can't tell you - not with my 'family'
pinkmonkey
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Crispy said:
Same here, 'cept in my case I joined in 2001.
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I reckon the B's fucked off to work out the statistical probability of someone lying about their earnings on an internet messageboard poll 
Tedix said:I reckon the B's fucked off to work out the statistical probability of someone lying about their earnings on an internet messageboard poll
Nope, can't say I have. Nor would I know how to. But I reckon the number of mischief makers is low enough for it to have a minimal impact.
Bonfirelight
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the B said:
that's just asking for trouble...
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Well there are at least 13 mischief makers I can count, which is roughly 20% of the voters. Enough to fuck your figures up I reckonthe B said:
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