On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Wayne Koorts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> There will always be some people who love a game, >>> others who hate it and others still who are in-between. >> >> Now if you average up the votes for that game, then it will come out >> with an average score. But is this really an average game? >> >> Even though half the people absolutely loved it... the other 30 people >> who hated it brought the average score down, so when rated it comes >> out as an average game. > > You've just proven that game rating by vote is pointless, of course it is. > > Regards, > Wayne > I totally disagree with this statement. You just proved why statistics has more functions than just the "average" function.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics In this case a graph might be a good way to go for people to better understand this group of numbers. -- Douglas E Knapp http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page
