Gathered Statistics

[Elta]

Post Interesting statistics you come across here.

Whether you just happen to read some (please state source)

Or if you gather and interpret them yourself.



I am creating this thread because I often find particular sets of stats on some subjects I am searching for lacking, as such I go and find them myself. After taking the time to simplify them into useful forms, I feel like it is sort of a waste not to share them with people.

+ I like reading other stats, so please post yours to. - and source them

P.S. You may create a new post for each statistic so long as it is significantly different from the last set of stats and comes with it's own title. (unless a mod tells us otherwise.)

 

[Elta]

31.8% High School or G.E.D. only - College never attempted

31.3% Some college courses taken, no degree received

7.4% Associates Degree or Trade School which took over 1,000 of in class training and or on the job training.

18.5% Bachelors Degree.

9% Masters Degree or First professional degree.

1.7 Doctorate.

The missing .3% is due to rounding.

Source United States Census Bureau - 2007.
Taken and cleaned up from a big spread sheet which was using the raw numbers.

 

[Elta]

*Group with taxes from slightly under 30% to 52%

13.5% of Males with- 20K or less in income
23% - 20 to 40k
18% - 40 to 60k
19.5% - 60 to 80k
10.7% - 80 to 100k
9.9% - 100k to 150k


Groups with taxes above 52% and a maximum of 63%

2.6% 150 to 200k
2% 200 to 400k
0.67% 400k or more

it adds up to 99.87% due to rounding

*Keep in mind that those with a very low income usually qualify for some sort of government assistance, as such it is no where near 30%. I didn't give each little group the exact tax amounts because it would take an eternity for me given the sources I could find. The estimates are adjusted for Copenhagen, as in I made sure to use it's local taxes as oppose to an estimate from the country as a whole.


And of course the numbers to be exact are -
Under 20K
20,001 to 40,000 etc.
The numbers overlap by a dollar slightly for simplicity.


Source - Denmark Statistics, the official government statistics website. Currency conversion done using 10/29/2009 currency conversion.

 

[Perfection]

Elta, I'm curious, why do you find these statistics interesting?

 

[Elta]

First off, I am obsessed with social statistics; I always have been. So all Social Stats are intresting to me, to a degree.

I have every almanac from kindergarten on and I for the most part memorize the entire almanac.

These were simply things I could not find clear and concise stats on, so I set out to get them my self.


The first I went after simply because I want to know relatively "how valuable" my degree is. OF course what sort of degree is a more important factor than what level, but I thought that this would be a good starting point.

Being a male, I felt it only natural to compare myself to other males. And of course it is silly to count males under the age of 22, they haven't had enough time to complete a major degree (except in cases where they skip classes, and take a large college work load. These numbers are relatively speaking negligible). 25 was added as the cap because 98% of people who enroll in a Flagship State college at 18 years of age finish a bachelors (if they finish at the same college they started at) by age 25. at 22 or 23 it is only 77%, so I felt that 25 would be a more accurate sign of educational attainment.

In short: I think that getting a masters is going to be a good route for me, seeing as how about 1/3rd of males with a bachelors end up getting a masters.

+ I just found out that my masters will only be 33 credits, so I'll do it




On the Denmark stats, some of my friends work there and told me that the minimum wage for a full time worker is about 3,000 U.S. $ a month.

.... But I know the taxes are much higher, so I wanted to make a valid comparison with American workers (That is of course without factoring the higher number of government services they receive)



There will be more soon that I am working on

 

[peter grimes]

There's currently an public service ad campaign running here in New York City that claims that 22% of New Yorkers are illiterate. I don't believe it. Perhaps they meant mathematically illiterate?

 

[Mise]

Perhaps they meant mathematically illiterate?

Nah, they don't count.

 

[Veritass]

Nah, they don't count.

Get it? They don't "count"?

 

[Elta]

There's currently an public service ad campaign running here in New York City that claims that 22% of New Yorkers are illiterate. I don't believe it. Perhaps they meant mathematically illiterate?

Illiterate in English, I would believe that. But I am pretty sure over 95% at a minimum can read in some language.

 

[Mise]

Get it? They don't "count"?

I was hoping it would work as well in type

 

[peter grimes]

Illiterate in English, I would believe that...

That would mean that there are 2 million people here who can't read english. No way. Perhaps they can't read at a high school level, or something like that, but I still think it's a stretch.

 

[Elta]

Yeah, that is probably what they are going off of

"Functionally illiterate"

Or something to that.

 

[Elta]

As of right now it is clear that the biggest names in MMA generally compete in Las Vegas.

As such most big promoters follow the weight classes set by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.


Here are the weight classes: (Keep in mind the fighters have their weight recorded about 30-36 hours before the fight, as such they all drop 8 to 15 pounds of water weight before the weight in and gain it back, this will come up later.)


Flyweight 125 LBS or 57 KG

Bantamweght 135 LBS or 61 KG

Featherweight 145 LBS or 66 KG

Lightweight 155 LBS or 70 KG

Welterweight 170 LBS or 77 KG

Middleweight 185 LBS or 84 KG

LightHeavyweight 205 LBS or 93 KG

Heavyweight 265 LBS or 120 KG

265+ (These fights very, very rarely happen, I will explain later)

Notice anything?

Well naturally the weight classes got wider as the men get larger, because they are larger the gaps in between their weight changes.

Fair enough, but 205 to 265 is an immense jump.

Lets look at the weight difference between each weight class. (Rounded for convenience.)


Flyweight 125 LBS or 57 KG - No class below it

8% Bantamweght 135 LBS or 61 KG

7.4% Featherweight 145 LBS or 66 KG

6.8% Lightweight 155 LBS or 70 KG

9.6% Welterweight 170 LBS or 77 KG

8.8% Middleweight 185 LBS or 84 KG

10.8% LightHeavyweight 205 LBS or 93 KG

29.2% Heavyweight 265 LBS or 120 KG


It is all pretty close to consistent until the last jump.

And it is unfair to guys who can not drop down to 205 and that are no where near 265.

A true 265 pounder has put back on 15 pounds of water weight and is coming into the cage/ring at 280 LBS! (127 KG). While lets say we have a guy who come in at 250.

On paper you say, oh who care 15 pound difference. But the fact of the matter is, it is a natural 250 pounder (meaning this guy has no need to cut water weight before the weight it because he is well under 265)

It's a 30 LBS difference! (13.6 KG).

What do I propose?



Perhaps a Cruiserweight class (Same name as the name in boxing for in between light heavy and heavy) at 235.


This way it would be -

10.8% LightHeavyweight 205 LBS or 93 KG

14.6% Cruiserweight 235 LBS or 106 KG

12.7% Heavyweight 265 LBS or 120 KG

And even these are large gaps. It could even be something like this

10.8% LightHeavyweight 205 LBS or 93 KG

7.3% Name to be decided weight class 220 LBS or 100KG

6.8% Cruiserweight 235 LBS or 106 KG

12.7% Heavyweight 265 LBS or 120 KG



That would be ideal actually, because there are plenty of 205ers who if they dominate the 205 class can make a more or less smooth transition to 220. Same with 220 to 235. Or even a 235 to 265 (Though this is highly unlikely because there are so few men of this giant size)


Should "Unlimited" weight classes be shown more prominently? Sure, here is why.

From what I've seen, I doubt even a 400 pound 7'2" is not really much to be feared, these fellas are not flexable or quick enough to fight effectively, + they gas out much to quick. If there are 15 giants (At the same time, replacements for the ones who are kicked out for losing to many matches as well - 15 is about the minimum needed to run an effective league seeing as how you have a match ever 4 to 6 months) Then yes a Unlimited class could be entertaining.

But I'll tell you this, the heavyweight champ coming in at a natural 280 will probably beat these guys any way do having more speed and flexibility. So I wouldn't really see a point, but if the heavyweight champ can't beat them, I think it would be a good choice. As of now it is not though IMO.


P.S. To the MMO fans; Think about how much the heavyweight division sucks, think about how awesome a 220 and 235 lbs class would be compared to it . In all honesty with a 235 class, I think it would be hard to find 20 worth watching 265ers in even the best promotion.

 

[Elta]

Just in case.


"But Elta, Fedor is only 233 pounds naturally and he dominates everyone"

He is a freak of nature and unequaled dedication. It is unlikely that we will see another one like him, for generations.

Honestly.

 

[Integral]

This thread is relevant to my interests.

I'll drop some pretty econ or public finance graphs here when I have something worth sharing.

 

[Elta]

I was hoping you would stop by.

 

[Mise]

Not a statistic in itself, but you fellas might like to hear about this: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/world-bank-public-data-now-in-search.html

With today's update, you can quickly access more data with a broad range of queries. Search should be intuitive, so we've done the work to think through queries where public data will be most relevant to you. To see the new data, try queries like [gdp of indonesia], [life expectancy brazil], [rwanda's population growth], [energy use of iceland], [co2 emissions of iceland] and [gdp growth rate argentina]. For example, if you search for [internet users in the united states], you will see the following chart at the top of the results page:

 

[Elta]

That's awesome Mise.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Dunno if this will work as an image

Percentiles of the Normal Distribution

EDIT: Nope
http://www.math.unb.ca/~knight/utility/NormTble.htm

 

[Integral]

Here is my first offering: a chart that plots earned income against net income, where:

earned income is defined as normal

net income = earned income - taxes + subsidies.

The story behind this: look at at the essential flatline between $15,000 and $35,000. No matter where you are in that range (on average), your net income will be in the neighborhood of $40,000. There is little incentive to attempt to raise your earned income, as it will not affect your net income.

Why is this? It's what happens when income subsidy (EITC, food stamps, ADFC/TANF, Medicaid, housing subsidies, etc) phaseouts meet rising income taxes. The moral: a complicated system of transfers and taxes can create bizarre - and welfare-decreasing - incentive sets.

This particular version of the chart was brought to my attention by Greg Mankiw's blog. I'm working on replicating it with a smaller set of subsidies (EITC + food stamps + TANF). The source is mises, hence the need for replication.