How We Crunched the Numbers

We asked for it, and you delivered. A total of 3,379 reader responses cascaded in for TSC's second online brokers survey. With the decks awash with raw data, our task was to sort through the mound of responses, separating the herring from the mackerels, looking for common patterns to reveal the currents in the ocean of online brokers.

How did we do it? Think 36 hours as a data-crunching chimpanzee for starters, and you have some idea of the project's scope. As for specifics, here they are, as detailed as possible for the data heads among you.

The Survey

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