[PaQSO] Lies, darn lies, and statistics

[Goody K3NG]

For giggles I threw the top ten scores from 2006 of the QRP, medium 
power single op, and QRO single op categories into Excel and calculated 
averages:

QRP: 94,682 (includes QRP Bonus Multiplier)
Medium Power: 143,933
QRO: 156,313

Ratios:

QRP:Medium:QRO = 1:1.52:1.65

Medium:QRO = 1:1.086

I chose the top ten scores as to select only top scoring operators and 
presumably only those who operated seriously for the entire event, and 
admittedly it was the most convenient way to do it.

It would be nice to see other years calculated and I'll admit this isn't 
100% scientific, but there are some interesting observations to take 
away.  Mainly, there wasn't much of an advantage to running QRO over 
medium power and the QRP Bonus Multiplier on average didn't give QRP a 
leg up on Medium Power or QRO.

While the averages don't show a QRP advantage, the top QRP score would 
have placed second in the QRO category (statewide) and second in the 
Medium Power category (statewide).  I think there's a perception that 
the QRP bonus provides an advantage based on single instances like this, 
but the averages don't show an overall advantage.

Again, this isn't 100% scientific.  Ideas on other ways to slice and 
dice the numbers are welcome.

73
Goody
K3NG

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