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Not to be Mr. Fuddy Duddy yet again, but the problem with this stat is that its a floating target. Every time someone posts a review, that state's average will change. I doubt that I could get through one of the larger states without the rating of a previously counted course changing.
Another is how exactly are we counting the average? Should two courses with differing amounts of reviews get equal (one course, one tally) or proportional (one review, one tally) weight? Should 18 holers count more than 9 holers (since a plethora of the latter will likely drag the average down)? Should things like land area or population density count?
I would suspect that Steve West already has some data along these lines on his website.
But for sake of fun, I'll play.
On a flat (one course, one rating) basis, the average of Kansas is 2.517.
On a weighted by number of reviews basis, the average is 2.97.
I might note that there are 15 courses without reviews (do not count), and 24 more courses with only 1 review (have the largest ability to swing with a single review).
Here's a quicky way to get large amounts of data and calculate it if you have a spreadsheet ap handy.
Know a quicky-er way? Be timg or one of his minions and just do a simple query.
Yeah, but contributing to meaningless wang measuring contests, the results of which are based on faulty data would be a waste of their time.Know a quicky-er way? Be timg or one of his minions and just do a simple query.
Yeah, but contributing to meaningless wang measuring contests, the results of which are based on faulty data would be a waste of their time.
How is all of this going to be used in a productive fashion anyway? Even if this particular ruler makes the wangs look smaller, it's all for fun anyway (I.E. size doesn't matter it's how you use it that counts).
Its all for fun I agree. I was just curious, does it matter that what we are measuring means nothing in the big scheme of things no, but everything on this site is that way too.
I was just curious what states have the highest overall average rating, so i asked, and people have obliged with helping me with the work. I appreciate that.