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Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics
Date 2012-06-28 09:59 -0700
Message-ID <CC11DB9D.4221%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)

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On Feb 17, 8:09 am, bbgruff <bbgr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Earlier this month, I posted here statistics from NetMarketShare showing
> (Desktop - Worldwide):-
> 
> Jul 2011   0.97%
> Aug 2011   1.07%
> Sep 2011   1.11%
> Oct 2011   1.19%
> Nov 2011   1.31%
> Dec 2011   1.41%
> Jan 2012   1.56%
> 
> I did comment that perhaps it was an aberration/anomaly - and perhaps
> somebody was fiddling the numbers!
> 
> I've now looked more closely, using the "Geographic and Demographic Filter"
> facility, and discovered a *huge* blip!
> The figure for *California* shows 18.59%!
> 
> I think we can safely say that the 1.56% worldwide is somewhat inflated!
> 
> *However* my little researches did turn up some interesting numbers:-
> 
> USA *without* California shows 0.78%
> 
> Wordwide *without* USA shows 1.35%
>   (Worldwide with USA but without California 1.29%)
> 
> Broken down by continent we see:-
> Europe      1.70%
> Asia        1.38%
> S. America  1.10%
> 
> In "countries possibly of interest" (to this group) we see:-
> 
> China        1.98
> France       2.03
> Germany      1.85
> India        2.14
> Netherlands  1.25
> Russia       2.55
> Spain        1.63
> U.K.         1.06
> 
> None are as high as I'd like to see, of course, but the real disappointment
> is that for a minute or two I thought I'd found signs of Intelligent Life in
> the U.S. of A ;-)

Now *this* is a decent explanation as to why the upswing in the latter half
of 2011 is not something that should be taken all that seriously - it seems
it was very localized.  Nothing to do with all of cc's utter BS on the
topic.  

So why did California have such a jump?  Odd.

I love cc's take on your reporting of that:
    -----
    I predicted that as more of California's citizens could buy
    legal weed, the usage of Linux would increase. There's a very
    obvious correlation between smoking doobies and using Linux.
    Of course, the herd will never acknowledge that I was right.
    -----

LOL!  As always, cc is just lost.


-- 
Summary of cc's statistical BS: <http://tinyurl.com/7rwazxw>
Details on cc's "outliers" BS: <http://tinyurl.com/84r3ypq>
More on cc's ignorance about outliers: <http://tinyurl.com/7vyhttc>
Details on cc's sigma and R^2 BS: <http://tinyurl.com/7vambev>

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Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-28 09:59 -0700
  Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-28 11:35 -0700
    Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-28 13:53 -0700
      Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-28 14:21 -0700
        Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-28 14:38 -0700
          Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-28 14:45 -0700
            Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-28 15:16 -0700
              Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Onion Knight <onionknightgot@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-29 05:10 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-29 10:36 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-29 10:45 -0700
                Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-29 12:49 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Big Steel <YouCanRun111277@ButYouCannotHide111277.com> - 2012-06-29 15:59 -0400
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-29 13:11 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Big Steel <YouCanRun111277@ButYouCannotHide111277.com> - 2012-06-29 16:18 -0400
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-29 13:28 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-29 16:40 -0400
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-29 17:48 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-29 17:46 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Onion Knight <onionknightgot@gmail.com> - 2012-06-29 22:22 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 11:06 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-30 08:36 -0400
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 10:12 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Tattoo Vampire <fake@fakeemail.com> - 2012-06-30 09:55 -0400
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-30 10:51 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 10:33 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-30 13:04 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 11:38 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-30 13:54 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 12:56 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-30 15:34 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 13:56 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-30 16:34 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 14:39 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-30 17:05 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 18:49 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-07-05 12:42 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-07-05 11:10 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-07-31 11:36 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-07-31 11:31 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2012-06-30 16:15 -0600
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 18:40 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2012-06-30 22:19 -0600
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 23:16 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-29 17:36 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-30 08:26 -0400
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 10:14 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-30 10:55 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 10:46 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-30 13:44 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 11:58 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-06-30 14:12 -0500
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Onion Knight <onionknightgot@gmail.com> - 2012-06-29 22:00 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 11:01 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Onion Knight <onionknightgot@gmail.com> - 2012-06-30 13:51 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 14:48 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Onion Knight <onionknightgot@gmail.com> - 2012-06-30 21:11 -0700
                Re: Long term desktop Linux trend is going up Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 23:09 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Onion Knight <onionknightgot@gmail.com> - 2012-06-29 21:59 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 10:59 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Onion Knight <onionknightgot@gmail.com> - 2012-06-29 21:57 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics High Plains Thumper <hpt@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-29 23:02 -0600
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-30 08:49 -0400
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 10:07 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-30 10:55 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2012-07-31 10:03 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2012-07-31 09:48 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Onion Knight <onionknightgot@gmail.com> - 2012-06-29 21:41 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics High Plains Thumper <hpt@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-29 22:59 -0600
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2012-07-02 04:31 -0700
                Re: That "Anomaly" in Linux Statistics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-07-02 08:20 -0700

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