diff --git a/app/models/data_point.rb b/app/models/data_point.rb
index 3dfc32d37..9debe8526 100644
--- a/app/models/data_point.rb
+++ b/app/models/data_point.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 class DataPoint < ActiveRecord::Base
-  attr_accessor :descriptor
-  attr_accessor :value
-
   belongs_to :statistic
+
+  def self.users_with_posts_today(number)
+    sql = ActiveRecord::Base.connection()
+    value = sql.execute(
+      "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT `people`.guid, COUNT(*) AS posts_sum FROM `people` LEFT JOIN `posts` ON `people`.id = `posts`.person_id AND `posts`.created_at > '#{(Time.now - 1.days).to_date}' GROUP BY `people`.guid) AS t1 WHERE t1.posts_sum = #{number};"
+    ).first[0]
+
+    self.new(:key => number, :value => value)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/statistc.rb b/app/models/statistc.rb
index 65ea33dad..f8a133bb8 100644
--- a/app/models/statistc.rb
+++ b/app/models/statistc.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 class Statistc < ActiveRecord::Base
-  attr_accessor :average
-
   has_many :data_points, :class_name => 'DataPoint'
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20110120182100_create_data_points.rb b/db/migrate/20110120182100_create_data_points.rb
index 5d1c248b2..d12351bed 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20110120182100_create_data_points.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20110120182100_create_data_points.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class CreateDataPoints < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def self.up
     create_table :data_points do |t|
-      t.string :descriptor
+      t.string :key
       t.integer :value
       t.integer :statistic_id
 
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 0a07ab14b..6bde3fdee 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110120182100) do
   add_index "contacts", ["user_id", "person_id"], :name => "index_contacts_on_user_id_and_person_id", :unique => true
 
   create_table "data_points", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string   "descriptor"
+    t.string   "key"
     t.integer  "value"
     t.integer  "statistic_id"
     t.datetime "created_at"
diff --git a/lib/tasks/statistics.rake b/lib/tasks/statistics.rake
index 3ed0e0dce..d59a14f83 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/statistics.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/statistics.rake
@@ -22,13 +22,19 @@ namespace :statistics do
     
     def users_with_x_posts(count)
       @sql.execute(
-        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT `people`.guid, COUNT(*) AS posts_sum FROM `people` LEFT JOIN `posts` ON `people`.id = `posts`.person_id GROUP BY `people`.guid) AS t1 WHERE t1.posts_sum > #{count};"
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT `people`.guid, COUNT(*) AS posts_sum FROM `people` LEFT JOIN `posts` ON `people`.id = `posts`.person_id GROUP BY `people`.guid) AS t1 WHERE t1.posts_sum = #{count};"
+      ).first[0]
+    end
+    
+    def users_with_x_posts_today(count)
+      @sql.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT `people`.guid, COUNT(*) AS posts_sum FROM `people` LEFT JOIN `posts` ON `people`.id = `posts`.person_id AND `post`.created_at > '#{(Time.now - 1.days).to_date}' GROUP BY `people`.guid) AS t1 WHERE t1.posts_sum = #{count};"
       ).first[0]
     end
 
     def users_with_x_contacts(count)
       @sql.execute(
-        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT `users`.id, COUNT(*) AS contact_sum FROM `users` LEFT JOIN `contacts` ON `users`.id = `contacts`.person_id AND `contacts`.pending = 0 GROUP BY `users`.id) AS t1 WHERE t1.contact_sum > #{count};"
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT `users`.id, COUNT(*) AS contact_sum FROM `users` LEFT JOIN `contacts` ON `users`.id = `contacts`.person_id AND `contacts`.pending = 0 GROUP BY `users`.id) AS t1 WHERE t1.contact_sum = #{count};"
       ).first[0]
     end
 
@@ -49,6 +55,15 @@ namespace :statistics do
       puts "Users with 10 or more contacts: %i" % users_with_x_contacts(9)
     end
 
+    task :model => :environment do
+      stat = Statistic.new(:type => "posts_per_day")
+      [0..15].each do |n|
+        stat.data_points << DataPoint.posts_per_day(n)
+      end
+      stat.compute_avg
+      stat.save!
+    end
+
     task :splunk => :environment do
       puts "event=statistic, type=users, count=#{users}, "+
       "incomplete=#{incomplete}, " +
diff --git a/spec/models/data_point_spec.rb b/spec/models/data_point_spec.rb
index c5a630bd2..9f927cedd 100644
--- a/spec/models/data_point_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/data_point_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,39 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe DataPoint do
-  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+  context '.posts_per_day_last_week' do
+    before do
+      1.times do |n|
+        alice.post(:status_message, :message => 'hi', :to => alice.aspects.first)
+      end
+
+      5.times do |n|
+        bob.post(:status_message, :message => 'hi', :to => bob.aspects.first)
+      end
+      
+      10.times do |n|
+        eve.post(:status_message, :message => 'hi', :to => eve.aspects.first)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'returns a DataPoint object' do
+      DataPoint.users_with_posts_today(1).class.should == DataPoint
+    end
+
+    it 'returns a DataPoint with non-zero value' do
+      point = DataPoint.users_with_posts_today(1)
+      point.value.should == 1
+    end
+
+    it 'returns a DataPoint with zero value' do
+      point = DataPoint.users_with_posts_today(15)
+      point.value.should == 0
+    end
+    
+    it 'returns the correct descriptor' do
+      point = DataPoint.users_with_posts_today(15)
+      point.key.should == 15
+    end
+  end
+
 end