Why Is Ca So Deep!?

[ILrunna]

A ton under 4:15 and over 10 under 9:00!? Illinois winner times were 4:13 and 9:06. WTF, CA IS AMAZING

[freerun13]

California population: 37,253,956
Illinois Population: 12,830,632
They should have more runners that are better.

[matthewxcountry]

Originally Posted by freerun13

California population: 37,253,956
Illinois Population: 12,830,632
They should have more runners that are better.

That may be true but IL state meet winning time would have finished 18th in CA state meet for the 3200. That's a bit too far down to suggest that the difference is explained by only a 3 fold difference in population.

[rcs1113]

looks like we should begin a difference between 2 means in population size. the null hypothesis is the h:sub:0 is equal to zero and h:sub:a is greater than...
statistics kill me, i just had my last final in the class 15 minutes ago

[Otis Moulmein]

It's not really a math problem.

A lot of guys in Illinois doubled so the races were super tactical.

[jtrain54]

That's the problem in Kansas, a lot of guys go for triples, and we run 6 classifications when in reality we need like 2 to be competitive.

[rcs1113]

Originally Posted by matthewxcountry

That may be true but IL state meet winning time would have finished 18th in CA state meet for the 3200. That's a bit too far down to suggest that the difference is explained by only a 3 fold difference in population.

Originally Posted by Otis Moulmein

It's not really a math problem.

A lot of guys in Illinois doubled so the races were super tactical.

I was only kidding because a lot of my problems started out like "what is the probability that an illinois kid finished 18th by chance?" Like doing tests to see if there was an underlying variable as to why he would have finished so poorly.
My attempt at humor, obviously not very good though.

[BlackIrish]

California is so much more diverse than Illinois.

[westxc]

Originally Posted by Otis Moulmein

It's not really a math problem.

A lot of guys in Illinois doubled so the races were super tactical.

The IL state 3200 is also run in the middle of the day, while CA's was at 9 or 10 at night

[jpac511]

Let's also remember that a good portion of California has better weather for most of the year.