Critter Notices
Critters is 30!
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Statistical Data
Statistics for how different groups of books scored. The upper left of each block is the name of the group (e.g. "Classic SF/F"). The number of books in that category is below, e.g. "N=24". The statistics are from the "desc" program (part of the |STAT package.)
SF/F: ============================================================
N=50
Mean Median Midpoint Geometric Harmonic
22.502 19.750 40.335 18.159 14.151
SD Quart Dev Range SE mean
15.097 8.485 73.330 2.135
Minimum Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Maximum
3.670 12.000 19.750 28.970 77.000
classic SF/F: ============================================================
N=24
Mean Median Midpoint Geometric Harmonic
29.909 27.000 44.000 26.653 23.903
SD Quart Dev Range SE mean
15.611 7.650 66.000 3.187
Minimum Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Maximum
11.000 19.350 27.000 34.650 77.000
non-classic SF/F: ============================================================
N=26
Mean Median Midpoint Geometric Harmonic
15.665 14.670 30.250 12.742 10.280
SD Quart Dev Range SE mean
11.012 5.835 53.160 2.160
Minimum Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Maximum
3.670 8.500 14.670 20.170 56.830
non-SF/F: ============================================================
N=18
Mean Median Midpoint Geometric Harmonic
54.884 60.750 54.085 51.024 46.544
SD Quart Dev Range SE mean
19.269 15.585 67.830 4.542
Minimum Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Maximum
20.170 34.830 60.750 66.000 88.000
Additional Material
- Common Objections — Gain more insight by reading how others objected
- Quiz and More Quotes — Illustrating relationships or the lack thereof in SF and non-SF, and some for you to guess
- Book Scores — The raw data for the books scored
- Add Your Own Scores — Compute your own and share them, takes just a minute or two
- Statistical Summary — how the different categories scored
- Share Your Thoughts
