What is your age, and how many computer games do you buy? (A statistics project)

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Evadman

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Feb 18, 2001
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22. Maybe 1 game every 6 months, if that. I ahev not bought a new one since T2, so no new games in the last year and 1/2 or so.
 

CapnChaos

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Feb 25, 2001
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Originally posted by: Kenazo
talk about bad stats... Your "random sample" is not going to be very random. :)

Anyway, i'm 22, and i usually buy/dl 2 games/month

Shhhh...she doesn't know that... Anyway, I could just say "out of normal computer users" or something...heh...

Thanks for the replies guys...I was originally gonna make it include console games too, which would make more sense, but I forgot :(
 

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BTW, the results of such a survey are going to be skewed because of response bias and under-representation. Expect points to be deducted if this is your population.

One way to save it though is to state this place as the population and also discuss in the project any sources of error that might have skewed the data, such as reponse bias. At least then you let your teacher know that you knew about the mistakes and can take them into account.
 

fatbaby

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May 7, 2001
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10 years old

Usually buy 3 games a year...

Ever since the debut of kazaa lite, i've been testing various games and have yet to find any worth $40-$50.
 

teqwiz

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39. I buy every new game that comes out that interests me. Too bad I couldn't afford to do this when I was younger.
Bought UT2003.NWN,Dungeon Siege,Max Payne, Morrowwind,Red Faction, Ghost Recon, Sum of all fears War crack III, which I just finished.W Highly reccomend that one. Prince of Qin now. Reminds me of the old Balders Gate alittle.
 

DanFungus

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16 - bought half life 3 years ago, bought battlefield 1942 2 months ago. (no, my parents haven't bought games for me either ;))