Am I on crack? Have things changed for my generation? I haven't even sat down and tried to work out how to google for those stats yet.

I don't think so. If you look at the median age for marriage, for men it is a couple years older than for women, so while that doesn't describe every couple, it implies a trend. I found this : [link]

Wow, that's really interesting. I'm especially fascinated that they were so young in the 60s and 70s. I mean, I guess people I know who got married then were that young, but I wouldn't have thought the average ages would have been older earlier.

What does "median" mean again in stats?

What does "median" mean again in stats?

You arrange the values in order then take the middle one. So if you have 101 pieces of data, the median would be the 51st one.

Order values, take the one that falls in the exact middle. 20 values, you take the one that falls in the 10th place.

This is awesome -- PCWorld has collected a bunch of old computer ads from YouTube and posted them in chronological order.

Congrats bon bon. What specifically are you searching for in regards to neurology? I might be able to help you narrow down your search.

Thanks, I googled the title of the study and was able to get it. When all else fails...google.

20 values, you take the one that falls in the 10th place.

To be very nitpicky, if you have an even number of values, you take the mean of the two middle ones. So for your example, you'd average the 10th and 11th values.

Oh, thank goodness tommyrot nitpicked before I had a chance to.

Thanks, I googled the title of the study and was able to get it. When all else fails...google.

Seriously.

Yeah, I tend to go with the close-enough shorthand a lot of the time because I'm usually dealing with a list of thousands and that one 0.000023 difference I don't care about. And the stupid*&#$*#! code I inherited is...well, stupid.