Re:Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder...
by compcoffee on Sunday October 14, 2018 @12:23PM
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>Median takes away the bias of the extremes that averages can include.
What sort of extremes do you expect to see in age data for starting a business?
There will be no 10 years olds, and likely no 90 years olds.
>But in this "research", there are far more data to unpack.
Why the quotations? Do you not believe this is research? This is a 1000 word summary of their work; do you think these researchers, from some of the best schools on the planet, didn't consider the sorts of questions you pose?
What sort of extremes do you expect to see in age data for starting a business?
There will be no 10 years olds, and likely no 90 years olds.
>But in this "research", there are far more data to unpack.
Why the quotations? Do you not believe this is research? This is a 1000 word summary of their work; do you think these researchers, from some of the best schools on the planet, didn't consider the sorts of questions you pose?