Friday, March 5, 2010

My New "Move The Needle" Performance Ratio

Unregistered Carriers on 03/02/2009 - 796
Unregistered Carriers on 03/05/2010 - 763

Illinois - 96.48%
Maine - 95.68%
Indiana - 91.86%
Alabama - 91.24%
Kentucky - 89.72%

I was sitting around contemplating the notion that some states have to work a lot harder than others in order to significantly move their registration percentage "needle" when, inspired by the fact that even Al Gore can win a Nobel prize, I decided to invent a new ratio to reflect the level of effort required by each state to "move the needle". I call it, appropriately enough, the "Move the Needle" (MTN) ratio.

Essentially, the MTN ratio is a function of how many percent a state has left before they reach full (100%) registration divided into how many unregistered carriers they have left. The ratio represents the number of carriers by which a state must reduce its unregistered list in order to "move the needle" 1%.

Here are the MTN ratios for the current top 5 states registration percentage states:

IL - 216.76
ME - 30.56
IN - 134.89
AL - 79.34
KY - 88.81

Here are five highest MTN ratios:

CA - 292.62
TX - 220.95
IL - 216.76
PA - 187.65
NY - 167.83

I'm certain that the history books will eventually acknowledge the importance of this ratio right up there along with the Fibonacci series and the multiplication tables. For now, I have to be content with the knowledge that I have a sound mathematical excuse for getting beat by everybody except CA and TX.

Have a great weekend!

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