Sheep population down
As everyone has reported, the number of sheep in New Zealand continues to go down, due to land being used for forestry and cattle farming. The number of people continues to go up, because… you probably don’t need me to tell you where people come from.
As a result, the average number of sheep per person continues to fall
On the other hand, the median number of sheep per person has been at zero for quite a long time. Some people have lots of sheep, but they are outliers.
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »