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Sunday, April 27, 2003
Posted 12:19 PM by Tommy

Next year, I’ll be exploring data as part of my job. In preparation for that, I’ve decided to practice my skills using the Spring 2003 FiCB directory.

Here’s what I’ve found:
-There are 257 names in the directory.
-59% are females.
-69% have their cell phone number listed in the directory. Of course, more people have a cell phone, but some chose not to include their number in the directory.
-38% are freshmen. But the number of freshmen in the directory is always extremely high because freshmen are still deciding on churches.

Most common first initials:
J: 50 (19%)
S: 30 (12%)
E: 27 (11%)

Most common permanent home area codes:
714: 28 (17% of the 166 people who listed their permanent home phone number.)
818: 27 (16%)
562: 24 (14%)

Birth months:
January: 24
February: 26
March: 25
April: 16
May: 21
June: 16
July: 13 (the minimum; 5%)
August: 15
September: 19
October: 14
November: 29 (the maximum; 12% of the 246 people who listed their birthday.)
December: 28

But we already knew that there are more girls than guys, that almost everyone has a cell phone, that there are a lot of freshmen, that Korean parents like to name their kids James, Jennifer, or John, and that almost everyone’s from soCal.

What’s interesting is that there are more birthdays in winter and fewer in the summer and late fall.