Matt N
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EDIT: Apologies for the slightly weird title... I couldn't think of a more succinct way to sum up the question!
Sorry to quadruple post, but I think it's time I did the 3rd and final part of this... today, I'll be investigating: Which coaster selections emphasise quantity over quality and which coaster selections emphasise quality over quantity?
Now I'll digress that this one is possibly harder to measure statistically, but it was one I was interested to find out, so I still decided to give it a go!
I used 3 different measures to try and work this out.
The first measure I used was to work out the median:mean ratio, as it always appeared to me as though a higher median denoted a more consistently strong selection (thus more of a quality focus), while a higher mean denoted a less consistently strong selection (thus more of a quantity focus). To work this out, I simply did median/mean, and the results were as follows (to 2sf)...
Top 5 "Quantity over Quality" (Median/Mean)
Top 5 "Quality over Quantity" (Median/Mean)
The second measure I used was to work out the mean:count ratio, because a park having a high or low mean relative to their coaster count would surely denote whether their coaster selection is quantity over quality or quality over quantity, no? One slight flaw with this method is that any theme park with more than 10 scoreable roller coasters automatically gravitates towards "quantity over quality" by default because you cannot have a mean above 10, although one could argue that having a coaster count of more than 10 makes you quantity-focused to a certain extent anyway...
To work this out, I did mean/count, and the results were as follows (to 2sf)...
Top 5 "Quantity over Quality" (Mean/Count)
Top 5 "Quality over Quantity" (Mean/Count)
The final measure I used was to repeat the same process as above, but using the median instead of the mean.
To work this out, I did median/count, and the results were as follows (to 2sf)...
Top 5 "Quantity over Quality" (Median/Count)
Top 5 "Quality over Quantity" (Median/Count)
So, what did we learn from today's analysis?
In terms of which park emphasises quantity over quality most; I think we can conclude that Freizeit-Land Geiselwind is the European winner for this, winning 2 out of 3 measures and coming 2nd in the only one it didn't win. And it won the measures it did win by some distance!
In terms of which park emphasises quality over quantity most; I think we can conclude that Liseberg is the European winner for this, winning 2 out of 3 measures and coming 4th in the only one it didn't win. And as with Geiselwind, it won the measures it did win by some distance!
That brings us to the end of our analysis of European coaster selections. I hope you've enjoyed my little look at the continent's coaster selections using data analysis techniques; I know I've certainly found crunching the numbers interesting! Although if you'd like me to ask any more questions about this dataset, then feel free to give me a suggestion and I'll happily do it for you!
This won't be the last time you see me do one of these, though... I'm hoping to dive into North America's major coaster selections next, so keep your eyes peeled for that at some point in the not-too-distant future!
Sorry to quadruple post, but I think it's time I did the 3rd and final part of this... today, I'll be investigating: Which coaster selections emphasise quantity over quality and which coaster selections emphasise quality over quantity?
Now I'll digress that this one is possibly harder to measure statistically, but it was one I was interested to find out, so I still decided to give it a go!
I used 3 different measures to try and work this out.
The first measure I used was to work out the median:mean ratio, as it always appeared to me as though a higher median denoted a more consistently strong selection (thus more of a quality focus), while a higher mean denoted a less consistently strong selection (thus more of a quantity focus). To work this out, I simply did median/mean, and the results were as follows (to 2sf)...
Top 5 "Quantity over Quality" (Median/Mean)
| Ranking | Park | Number of Scoreable Coasters | Median/Mean (2sf) |
| 1 | Movie Park Germany | 8 | 0.73 |
| 2 | Freizeit-Land Geiselwind | 5 | 0.74 |
| 3 | Walibi Rhone-Alpes | 5 | 0.74 |
| 4 | Mirabilandia | 8 | 0.76 |
| 5 | Plopsaland | 7 | 0.76 |
| Ranking | Park | Number of Scoreable Coasters | Median/Mean (2sf) |
| 1 | Flamingo Land | 5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | Thorpe Park | 7 | 1.2 |
| 3 | Parque Warner | 6 | 1.2 |
| 4 | Liseberg | 5 | 1.2 |
| 5 | Heide Park | 8 | 1.2 |
The second measure I used was to work out the mean:count ratio, because a park having a high or low mean relative to their coaster count would surely denote whether their coaster selection is quantity over quality or quality over quantity, no? One slight flaw with this method is that any theme park with more than 10 scoreable roller coasters automatically gravitates towards "quantity over quality" by default because you cannot have a mean above 10, although one could argue that having a coaster count of more than 10 makes you quantity-focused to a certain extent anyway...
To work this out, I did mean/count, and the results were as follows (to 2sf)...
Top 5 "Quantity over Quality" (Mean/Count)
| Ranking | Park | Number of Scoreable Coasters | Mean/Count (2sf) |
| 1 | Freizeit-Land Geiselwind | 5 | 0.27 |
| 2 | Wiener Prater | 10 | 0.34 |
| 3 | Movie Park Germany | 8 | 0.48 |
| 4 | Blackpool | 10 | 0.48 |
| 5 | Bobbejaanland | 8 | 0.49 |
| Ranking | Park | Number of Scoreable Coasters | Mean/Count (2sf) |
| 1 | Liseberg | 5 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Grona Lund | 6 | 1.2 |
| 3 | Parque de Atracciones | 5 | 1.1 |
| 4 | Toverland | 6 | 1.0 |
| 5 | Walibi Holland | 6 | 1.0 |
The final measure I used was to repeat the same process as above, but using the median instead of the mean.
To work this out, I did median/count, and the results were as follows (to 2sf)...
Top 5 "Quantity over Quality" (Median/Count)
| Ranking | Park | Number of Scoreable Coasters | Median/Count (2sf) |
| 1 | Freizeit-Land Geiselwind | 5 | 0.20 |
| 2 | Wiener Prater | 10 | 0.35 |
| 3 | Movie Park Germany | 8 | 0.35 |
| 4 | Mirabilandia | 8 | 0.40 |
| 5 | Gardaland | 8 | 0.43 |
| Ranking | Park | Number of Scoreable Coasters | Median/Count (2sf) |
| 1 | Liseberg | 5 | 1.8 |
| 2 | Walibi Holland | 6 | 1.2 |
| 3 | Grona Lund | 6 | 1.2 |
| 4 | Parque Warner | 6 | 1.1 |
| 5 | Parque de Atracciones | 5 | 1.1 |
So, what did we learn from today's analysis?
In terms of which park emphasises quantity over quality most; I think we can conclude that Freizeit-Land Geiselwind is the European winner for this, winning 2 out of 3 measures and coming 2nd in the only one it didn't win. And it won the measures it did win by some distance!
In terms of which park emphasises quality over quantity most; I think we can conclude that Liseberg is the European winner for this, winning 2 out of 3 measures and coming 4th in the only one it didn't win. And as with Geiselwind, it won the measures it did win by some distance!
That brings us to the end of our analysis of European coaster selections. I hope you've enjoyed my little look at the continent's coaster selections using data analysis techniques; I know I've certainly found crunching the numbers interesting! Although if you'd like me to ask any more questions about this dataset, then feel free to give me a suggestion and I'll happily do it for you!
This won't be the last time you see me do one of these, though... I'm hoping to dive into North America's major coaster selections next, so keep your eyes peeled for that at some point in the not-too-distant future!
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