Re: Post Results from the All-Out Kate Bush Poll

[Dirk Kastens <DKASTENS@dosuni1.rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE>]

Greetings,

Thanks very much for the poll.
But I think, the result needs some interpretation.
A great problem in statistical analysis are the missing values. If you
make an interview and some people don't respond to a question, how can
you rate the result?
In the Kate poll you didn't care about the missing values, you just
calculated the mean (sum of points / number of values). Is this
correct?
Let's examine one extreme case:
song A = 1 x 10 points, 35 x missing value  -> mean: 10/1   = 10
song B = 35 x 10 points, 1 x 9 points       -> mean: 359/36 = 9.9722
Which one is better?

Regarding the albums we find Vol.1 before TSW. But only half of the
voters gave out points for Vol.1, whereas all of them valued TSW. The same
with the new number one song Under the Ivy.
I think that it's more fair to order the songs by the sum of points.
What do you think?

Dirk