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Re:Can a Font Make Us Believe Something Is True? by kristopolous on Sunday May 24, 2015 @05:09PM (#9597619)
over 70 years of age or over 70 sample size?
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Re:Can a Font Make Us Believe Something Is True? by dmd on Sunday May 24, 2015 @05:29PM (#9597697)
Age. N was about 20.
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Re:Can a Font Make Us Believe Something Is True? by CodeWriter23 on Sunday May 24, 2015 @05:26PM (#9597684)
I'm gonna go with age because of the qualifier "in a care home"
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Re:Can a Font Make Us Believe Something Is True? by smorrow on Monday May 25, 2015 @04:32AM (#9599147)
Maybe his thought process was that giving the age twice ("elderly" and then "70" -- do you need both?) would be redundant, so that the redundant number might not be an age.
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Re:Can a Font Make Us Believe Something Is True? by kristopolous on Monday May 25, 2015 @08:02PM (#9602255)
Indeed. I also consider 70 to be pretty young for a retirement home. Statistically speaking, I assume the vast majority of 70 year olds (95+%) are living independently. So I thought either OP is being redundant and low-balling or giving a sample size. Didn't know.

Btw, through a quick web-search, it appears the average for new residents is mid-80s.

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