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    Pedants, lend me your logic!

    I was looking at the rating of 'The Commitements' on IMDB.com. The average is 7.3 .... bit low I thought then glanced at the demographic breakdown to see if it was a Male/Female thing. Noticed something odd. Male average score - 7.2, Female average score 7.1.

    Sooooooo , I know my stats aren't what they used to be but wouldn't it be unreasonable to expect the weighted average to be between 7.1 and 7.2 and not outside this range?

    The data (for those that can be bothered) is at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101605/ratings

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    Re: Pedants, lend me your logic!

    You would, except that the total number of female + male votes is 4556 (3812 + 744), while the total number of voters is 7034. Clearly there are a lot of asexual folks out there who like this film more than the rest of us...
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    Re: Pedants, lend me your logic!

    Male 7.2
    Female 7.1
    Gender not specified 7.5

    ?
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    So Ducasi beat me to it this time

    Do I get any cred for not having looked at the data when I made my guess?

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    Re: Pedants, lend me your logic!

    Quote Originally Posted by bigdjiver
    Male 7.2
    Female 7.1
    Gender not specified 7.5

    ?


    Pedant!

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    Re: Pedants, lend me your logic!

    Quote Originally Posted by bigdjiver
    Male 7.2
    Female 7.1
    Gender not specified 7.5

    ?
    Surely, in such a pedantic thread, it should be "sex not specified"?

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    Re: Pedants, lend me your logic!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lou
    Surely, in such a pedantic thread, it should be "sex not specified"?
    I am entertaining the theory that people who would like the Commitments would not know the difference, or the answer.

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