CB Members' Age Survey v2.0

[derekleffew]

jonhirsh's point is well-taken, thus a revised version. No pressure, just trying to get an accurate idea of CB's demographics. Although the votes are public, no one from any political campaign, or benevolent organization (other than ControlBooth) will contact you.

[derekleffew]

As of this writing: 28 voters, 95 views, 331 active members, 3050 members. C'mon, people. Show Your Age! (Unless you're embarassed?)

[Van]

............ C'mon, people. Show Your Age! (Unless you're embarassed?)

I do, Everytime I open my mouth around here.

[Stoldal]

36 out 331

[Footer]

Ok, Derek, I know you like making tables, I want to see a merged line graph with the consoles used matched with the ages, so the most age goes with the most consoles....

[derekleffew]

Was that a dare? As soon as I close the doors on the trucks of my current show, tentatively 4am on Sunday, 02/10, I'll get right on that. Possibly sooner, depending on how boring the show is.

[Footer]

Was that a dare? As soon as I close the doors on the trucks of my current show, tentatively 4am on Sunday, 02/10, I'll get right on that. Possibly sooner, depending on how boring the show is.

Meh, everyone likes the idiot who is sitting on their laptop on the out. Then again, you and the chair you are sitting in could find itself sitting in the truck with the rest of production....

[avkid]

you and the chair you are sitting in could find itself sitting in the truck with the rest of production....

"I'm writing from inside a cable trunk in the back of a Freightliner headed for Denver."

[punktech]

i'm still in the largest age group! rock on late 80's babies!!!

[David Ashton]

On Control Booth, age is a variable, it is the only site where you are asked to contact the administrator if your birthdate changes.

[Hughesie]

1990, twas a good year

[derekleffew]

Meh, everyone likes the idiot who is sitting on their laptop on the out...

Only PMs/TDs do that. Production Electricians actually work for a living. (Written from dimmer beach during the show. I just hard-reset VL#4! First useful thing I've done in days.)

[Hughesie]

nice

keep the hard work up

[Eboy87]

1990, twas a good year

Clearly you are mistaken sir. '87 was the best year

[Hughesie]

'87 BAH, never

age war me thinks

[avkid]

Clearly you are mistaken sir. '87 was the best year

I second the motion.

[punktech]

89 all the way, i saw all but 28 days of that year!

[Hughesie]

what, punktech is only a year older than me wow

[Chris15]

Now now clearly 1988 is the better year, Australia's bicentenary amongst other things... celebration of a nation was the catch cry if I'm not mistaken.

[Van]

89 all the way, i saw all but 28 days of that year!

'89 was a good year, that was the year I got married.

[gafftapegreenia]

'89 was an awesome year, for nearly seven days in, I was born.

[Hughesie]

1986-1990 24votes 47.06%

Yay for us

[zwolf59661]

'86-'90 is still in the lead with 25 votes, 47.17% of the total.

Additional evidence that 1990 was awesome: Desert Storm.

[avkid]

Additional evidence that 1990 was awesome: Desert Storm.

If only we had gone to Baghdad with that coalition, we would now be in a much better domestic situation.

[derekleffew]

'86-'90 is still in the lead with 25 votes, 47.17% of the total.

Additional evidence that 1990 was awesome: Desert Storm.

Yes, due to Desert Storm my sister the AFR Surgical Nurse was deployed to...tropical Minot, ND. She got to "see the world." Certainly not a place she would have visited of her own accord (She had a Camry at the time. No offense intended, Minotians).

So to paraphrase/reiterate, 47% of respondents are 17.167-21.833 years of age. Interesting.

Is 53 out of 356 active (15%), 3073 total (1.7%), a percentage large enough to be called a representative sample?

[zwolf59661]

So to paraphrase/reiterate, 47% of respondents are 17.167-21.833 years of age. Interesting.

Wait a minute. I was born on Sept. 26, 1990, so that means I'm only 17, which means I don't fall into the "17.167-21.833" age demographic. Either I'm the .17%, or we just ripped a hole in the Time-Space Continuum.

[derekleffew]

Wait a minute. I was born on Sept. 26, 1990, so that means I'm only 17, which means I don't fall into the "18-22" age demographic. Either I'm the .17%, or we just ripped a hole in the Time-Space Continuum.

Never intended to insult/offend there, zwolf. Posts have been edited. You can play with the big boys now, and come September you'll be eligible to vote and to die for your country, but still you must wait 3.583 years to purchase/consume alcoholic beverages, legally. Feel better now?

Have a nice day. Make peace, not war. Don't do drugs, stay in school.

[jwl868]

Is 53 out of 356 active (15%), 3073 total (1.7%), a percentage large enough to be called a representative sample?

Yikes – a statistics question. But I think you need a confidence limit to answer the question.

Also, I don’t think its a representative sample because rather than a random sample it’s just the people who decided to respond to the poll. Hard to say if that participation (or apathy) is the same for all age groups.

The peak is in the right place, based on the target audience of this website. On the other hand, I would have expected a consistent tailing off based on age effects alone, though the “before 1961” category pools a larger group into one spot.

Do you have access to the birthdate information that users fill out when registering? Even it its optional, it might be a bigger set of data.


Joe

[erikwithak]

Clearly you are mistaken sir. '87 was the best year

i agree

[Hughesie]

that was over a month ago

let it die....

[porkchop]

Is 53 out of 356 active (15%), 3073 total (1.7%), a percentage large enough to be called a representative sample?

Fun fact in many cases 50 people is considered representative of a city,state, or in some polls the country (yay for numbers they can tell you whatever you want them to want to).

Here's a fun idea though for a graph derek, age against q-only or tracking mode.

[len]

I'm surprised there's as many of us boomers as there are. I thought it was me, Bill, and one or two others only.

Geezers unite!

[Spikesgirl]

There are only six other people as old as I am voting? OMG, I am a dinosaur! And the thing that's funny is that at my theater, I'm considered a kid because I'm only 50...

Life's funny that way...

Charlie

[PropsPupMikel]

There are only six other people as old as I am voting? OMG, I am a dinosaur! And the thing that's funny is that at my theater, I'm considered a kid because I'm only 50...

Life's funny that way...

Charlie

Our oldest guy at my theater is like 65-67 so you are still really young

[Hughesie]

this is disgustingly out of date now can this be unpinned

[derekleffew]

this is disgustingly out of date now can this be unpinned

Out of date? Has the year you were born changed?

New members continue to answer the poll, so if you don't vociferously object, I intend to leave it "pinned."

DL

[gafftaper]

Derek can you pin Hughesie up somewhere too?

[waynehoskins]

Goodness me, that's a young demographic.

Me was born in 1980. Me distinctly remembers most of the late '80s. Me is moderately old...

[Van]

Goodness me, that's a young demographic.

Me was born in 1980. Me distinctly remembers most of the late '80s. Me is moderately old...

Smack! Pound! Wham! Biff! Bam!
Moderately old my .......

[ruinexplorer]

Goodness me, that's a young demographic.

Me was born in 1980. Me distinctly remembers most of the late '80s. Me is moderately old...

See, whereas I was born in 72 and still consider myself young (though not that young as I don't seem to get carded anymore).