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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 1664 Views
Re: The Bell Curve revisited Tor - 29/10/2012 10:21:27 AM 1038 Views
That's incorrect... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:26:49 AM 1620 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Tor - 29/10/2012 10:36:32 AM 1002 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:40:27 AM 866 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Tor - 29/10/2012 10:42:57 AM 853 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 959 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 847 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 935 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 1182 Views
RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 02:11:19 PM 946 Views
Response to a few of your poorly researched points... Shannow - 29/10/2012 02:31:17 PM 893 Views
Re: RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... Tor - 29/10/2012 02:37:33 PM 886 Views
Exactly... Shannow - 29/10/2012 02:39:30 PM 879 Views
there are dozens of reasons for this darius_sedai - 29/10/2012 08:18:18 PM 902 Views
Excellent point. fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:24:37 PM 932 Views
Re: there are dozens of reasons for this Tor - 29/10/2012 09:07:35 PM 855 Views
Again I don't argue that genetics play no role darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 01:57:24 AM 831 Views
Re: Again I don't argue that genetics play no role Tor - 30/10/2012 07:07:17 AM 837 Views
I don't think it plays much role in the plot darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:17:55 PM 992 Views
Once again just so,we are clear on my stance with Genetics and Strength darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:27:11 PM 851 Views
That the 1000 Novices aren't a random sample of the population? fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:23:47 PM 794 Views
And why would it be biased towards those with lower strength? Tor - 29/10/2012 09:11:25 PM 803 Views
Absolutely no reason... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:35:35 AM 897 Views
Re: Absolutely no reason... Tor - 30/10/2012 06:43:54 AM 802 Views
Only if it was a random sampling. Which this is not. fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:58:34 PM 896 Views
That's exactly the point. I want you to explain why it wasn't random. Tor - 30/10/2012 02:14:59 PM 827 Views
It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:43:03 PM 825 Views
Re: It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! Tor - 30/10/2012 02:47:30 PM 822 Views
Go read a stats text will you? fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:54:16 PM 812 Views
Done Tor - 31/10/2012 09:34:11 AM 1586 Views
You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... fionwe1987 - 10/11/2012 10:14:19 PM 1099 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 11:37:16 AM 928 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... fionwe1987 - 11/11/2012 07:14:48 PM 777 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 08:33:59 PM 1597 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 08:43:19 PM 1159 Views
Seriously? I went and looked at some statistics books, and you won't even reply? Tor - 01/11/2012 12:13:49 PM 922 Views
Still nothing? Tor - 10/11/2012 03:33:15 PM 945 Views
Still doesn't explain the difference Praziquantel - 30/10/2012 07:01:53 PM 765 Views
Re: Still doesn't explain the difference fionwe1987 - 10/11/2012 10:21:00 PM 847 Views
Yes that totally makes sense Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:07:16 AM 937 Views
Thank you! *NM* Tor - 30/10/2012 10:19:15 AM 434 Views
That's not what happened... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:01:52 PM 877 Views
Re: That's not what happened... Tor - 30/10/2012 02:15:57 PM 815 Views
Who said it would? fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:44:17 PM 836 Views
let's not mix up "random" and "representative" darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 05:28:09 PM 886 Views
Doesn't mean RJ applied it to his series Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:23:29 AM 905 Views
But of course he did.. fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:13:07 PM 943 Views
I hate to get into these things HousealThor - 29/10/2012 05:45:50 PM 978 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 963 Views
In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed HousealThor - 29/10/2012 08:20:52 PM 961 Views
Overwhelm Lanfear, not match her. *NM* fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:26:09 PM 502 Views
Truth is, Moiraine was being overly optimistic... Shannow - 29/10/2012 08:39:17 PM 877 Views
You're pathetic... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:20:01 AM 806 Views
The quote isn't specific Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:32:36 AM 920 Views
Its highly specific... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:15:38 PM 756 Views
Yet neither of them are at full potential and at least equal a Forsaken darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:45:24 PM 1421 Views
Honestly! darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 02:07:37 AM 861 Views
Re: In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed Tor - 29/10/2012 09:10:27 PM 878 Views
Lots of people mean perfectly normal distribution when they say it HousealThor - 30/10/2012 05:25:35 PM 819 Views
Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 12:04:01 AM 1001 Views
Re: Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? Tor - 30/10/2012 09:33:44 AM 935 Views
Are you sure about that? TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 12:03:43 PM 924 Views
Re: Are you sure about that? Tor - 30/10/2012 12:19:34 PM 843 Views
That doesn't seem a coherent narrative to me TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 04:26:25 PM 1179 Views
Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 05:16:40 PM 949 Views
Re: Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 05:54:41 PM 817 Views
We do not know if Cadsuane or any of the Forsaken are Sparkers darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 10:33:55 PM 956 Views
Re: We do not know if Cadsuane or any of the Forsaken are Sparkers TheCrownless - 31/10/2012 12:30:52 AM 911 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 804 Views
you're confusing 2 things Zaphod - 30/10/2012 04:27:32 AM 1096 Views
+1 *NM* Sidious - 30/10/2012 09:17:07 AM 969 Views
Re: you're confusing 2 things Simon - 30/10/2012 09:21:39 AM 958 Views
Not true... Shannow - 30/10/2012 11:49:57 AM 930 Views
One thing HousealThor - 30/10/2012 05:23:17 PM 910 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 919 Views
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