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    quite telling

    The interactive map that reveals Britain's most popular surnames | Mail Online

    have a look round london, leicester
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    Fascinating! You mean that Smith and Jones are right up there?
    What a very piquant observation from the Wail!!

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      #3
      Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
      Fascinating! You mean that Smith and Jones are right up there?
      What a very piquant observation from the Wail!!

      actually I was surprised at the preponderance of Smith & Jones, I believed they were common but not that common.
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        #4
        Originally posted by vetran View Post
        actually I was surprised at the preponderance of Smith & Jones, I believed they were common but not that common.
        Sure its not an alias?
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          #5
          Originally posted by vetran View Post
          Pointless map really
          Like most statistical values, the mode (most common) should always be backed up with some other information to give it context.

          "c" is the most common value in both of the following data sets but that fact alone doesn't tell you much about either set

          a,b,c,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m

          a,b,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,d,e
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            #6
            Yes it does. The bloke who said the second one stutters more than the first bloke.
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              #7
              Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
              Pointless map really
              Like most statistical values, the mode (most common) should always be backed up with some other information to give it context.

              "c" is the most common value in both of the following data sets but that fact alone doesn't tell you much about either set

              a,b,c,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m

              a,b,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,d,e
              huh?

              It means in either case you are more likely to meet a 'c', it also where there is a certain amount of choice or correlation then it shows a pattern that has developed in the last 50 years.
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                Originally posted by vetran View Post
                huh?

                It means in either case you are more likely to meet a 'c', it also where there is a certain amount of choice or correlation then it shows a pattern that has developed in the last 50 years.
                The chance of meeting a 'c' in the first case is 7%. In the second 70%. Quite a difference. It could be that there's 100'000 Jones and 100'001 Smiths. Some measure of the data spread would be useful.
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                  #9
                  Seen the 'MyCock' just under Great Britain title on the screen shot lol
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