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Re: In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed Tor Send a noteboard - 29/10/2012 09:10:27 PM
Because of the fact that it doesn't seem possible to have negative strength in the OP. I don't know if RJ realized that a normal distribution would mean negative strength is possible, though.

The more I think about it, the more I think it has to be skewed. It's the only way Egwene and Aviendha can both be above the overall population mean given the quote about both of them together matching Lanfear.

And now, I've spent about 3x as much time thinking about this as I had wanted to :<img class=' />


Seriously, what are you going on about? No one ever means "mathematically perfect normal distribution" when they say "normal distribution". It is perfectly reasonable to say it's a normal distribution even if there are no channelers with negative strength, just like it's perfectly reasonable to say height among humans follow a normal distribution, even though there are no people of negative height.
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The Bell Curve revisited Shannow - 29/10/2012 09:44:09 AM 1703 Views
Re: The Bell Curve revisited Tor - 29/10/2012 10:21:27 AM 1065 Views
That's incorrect... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:26:49 AM 1641 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Tor - 29/10/2012 10:36:32 AM 1024 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:40:27 AM 887 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Tor - 29/10/2012 10:42:57 AM 875 Views
Hehe...There are a few disputing it vocally. Whether they're in their right mind, well... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:45:07 AM 984 Views
Re: Hehe...There are a few disputing it vocally. Whether they're in their right mind, well... Tor - 29/10/2012 10:49:49 AM 868 Views
Re: Hehe...There are a few disputing it vocally. Whether they're in their right mind, well... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:56:37 AM 953 Views
It's only as skewed as it seems when you make the assumption that the Forsaken darius_sedai - 31/10/2012 04:34:11 AM 1212 Views
RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 02:11:19 PM 969 Views
Response to a few of your poorly researched points... Shannow - 29/10/2012 02:31:17 PM 916 Views
Re: RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... Tor - 29/10/2012 02:37:33 PM 907 Views
Exactly... Shannow - 29/10/2012 02:39:30 PM 901 Views
there are dozens of reasons for this darius_sedai - 29/10/2012 08:18:18 PM 923 Views
Excellent point. fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:24:37 PM 962 Views
Re: there are dozens of reasons for this Tor - 29/10/2012 09:07:35 PM 876 Views
Again I don't argue that genetics play no role darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 01:57:24 AM 859 Views
Re: Again I don't argue that genetics play no role Tor - 30/10/2012 07:07:17 AM 856 Views
I don't think it plays much role in the plot darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:17:55 PM 1015 Views
Once again just so,we are clear on my stance with Genetics and Strength darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:27:11 PM 870 Views
That the 1000 Novices aren't a random sample of the population? fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:23:47 PM 815 Views
And why would it be biased towards those with lower strength? Tor - 29/10/2012 09:11:25 PM 832 Views
Absolutely no reason... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:35:35 AM 926 Views
Re: Absolutely no reason... Tor - 30/10/2012 06:43:54 AM 827 Views
Only if it was a random sampling. Which this is not. fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:58:34 PM 922 Views
That's exactly the point. I want you to explain why it wasn't random. Tor - 30/10/2012 02:14:59 PM 846 Views
It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:43:03 PM 846 Views
Re: It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! Tor - 30/10/2012 02:47:30 PM 842 Views
Go read a stats text will you? fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:54:16 PM 834 Views
Done Tor - 31/10/2012 09:34:11 AM 1612 Views
You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... fionwe1987 - 10/11/2012 10:14:19 PM 1128 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 11:37:16 AM 949 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... fionwe1987 - 11/11/2012 07:14:48 PM 806 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 08:33:59 PM 1615 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 08:43:19 PM 1190 Views
Seriously? I went and looked at some statistics books, and you won't even reply? Tor - 01/11/2012 12:13:49 PM 945 Views
Still nothing? Tor - 10/11/2012 03:33:15 PM 966 Views
Still doesn't explain the difference Praziquantel - 30/10/2012 07:01:53 PM 783 Views
Re: Still doesn't explain the difference fionwe1987 - 10/11/2012 10:21:00 PM 869 Views
Yes that totally makes sense Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:07:16 AM 965 Views
Thank you! *NM* Tor - 30/10/2012 10:19:15 AM 442 Views
That's not what happened... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:01:52 PM 911 Views
Re: That's not what happened... Tor - 30/10/2012 02:15:57 PM 839 Views
Who said it would? fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:44:17 PM 861 Views
let's not mix up "random" and "representative" darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 05:28:09 PM 911 Views
Doesn't mean RJ applied it to his series Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:23:29 AM 929 Views
But of course he did.. fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:13:07 PM 970 Views
I hate to get into these things HousealThor - 29/10/2012 05:45:50 PM 994 Views
I would love for you to be right, because it would solve all our problems, but 0 is the challenge... Shannow - 29/10/2012 07:56:34 PM 996 Views
In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed HousealThor - 29/10/2012 08:20:52 PM 987 Views
Overwhelm Lanfear, not match her. *NM* fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:26:09 PM 514 Views
Truth is, Moiraine was being overly optimistic... Shannow - 29/10/2012 08:39:17 PM 892 Views
You're pathetic... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:20:01 AM 829 Views
The quote isn't specific Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:32:36 AM 939 Views
Its highly specific... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:15:38 PM 783 Views
Yet neither of them are at full potential and at least equal a Forsaken darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:45:24 PM 1445 Views
Honestly! darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 02:07:37 AM 883 Views
Re: In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed Tor - 29/10/2012 09:10:27 PM 899 Views
Lots of people mean perfectly normal distribution when they say it HousealThor - 30/10/2012 05:25:35 PM 845 Views
Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 12:04:01 AM 1034 Views
Re: Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? Tor - 30/10/2012 09:33:44 AM 955 Views
Are you sure about that? TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 12:03:43 PM 954 Views
Re: Are you sure about that? Tor - 30/10/2012 12:19:34 PM 865 Views
That doesn't seem a coherent narrative to me TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 04:26:25 PM 1202 Views
Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 05:16:40 PM 971 Views
Re: Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 05:54:41 PM 842 Views
We do not know if Cadsuane or any of the Forsaken are Sparkers darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 10:33:55 PM 986 Views
Re: We do not know if Cadsuane or any of the Forsaken are Sparkers TheCrownless - 31/10/2012 12:30:52 AM 938 Views
A handful of examples are all we have and we have proof that an extremely strong Channeler darius_sedai - 31/10/2012 02:58:57 AM 825 Views
you're confusing 2 things Zaphod - 30/10/2012 04:27:32 AM 1126 Views
+1 *NM* Sidious - 30/10/2012 09:17:07 AM 993 Views
Re: you're confusing 2 things Simon - 30/10/2012 09:21:39 AM 985 Views
Not true... Shannow - 30/10/2012 11:49:57 AM 949 Views
One thing HousealThor - 30/10/2012 05:23:17 PM 930 Views
That's the problem. The BC RJ has "built" has a minimum and a maximum value darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 05:48:55 PM 946 Views
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