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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 1763 Views
Re: The Bell Curve revisited Tor - 29/10/2012 10:21:27 AM 1113 Views
That's incorrect... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:26:49 AM 1692 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Tor - 29/10/2012 10:36:32 AM 1089 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:40:27 AM 935 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Tor - 29/10/2012 10:42:57 AM 919 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 1043 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 913 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 1006 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 1259 Views
RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 02:11:19 PM 1028 Views
Response to a few of your poorly researched points... Shannow - 29/10/2012 02:31:17 PM 978 Views
Re: RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... Tor - 29/10/2012 02:37:33 PM 961 Views
Exactly... Shannow - 29/10/2012 02:39:30 PM 955 Views
there are dozens of reasons for this darius_sedai - 29/10/2012 08:18:18 PM 976 Views
Excellent point. fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:24:37 PM 1013 Views
Re: there are dozens of reasons for this Tor - 29/10/2012 09:07:35 PM 927 Views
Again I don't argue that genetics play no role darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 01:57:24 AM 910 Views
Re: Again I don't argue that genetics play no role Tor - 30/10/2012 07:07:17 AM 916 Views
I don't think it plays much role in the plot darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:17:55 PM 1076 Views
Once again just so,we are clear on my stance with Genetics and Strength darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:27:11 PM 919 Views
That the 1000 Novices aren't a random sample of the population? fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:23:47 PM 862 Views
And why would it be biased towards those with lower strength? Tor - 29/10/2012 09:11:25 PM 882 Views
Absolutely no reason... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:35:35 AM 967 Views
Re: Absolutely no reason... Tor - 30/10/2012 06:43:54 AM 883 Views
Only if it was a random sampling. Which this is not. fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:58:34 PM 975 Views
That's exactly the point. I want you to explain why it wasn't random. Tor - 30/10/2012 02:14:59 PM 898 Views
It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:43:03 PM 903 Views
Re: It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! Tor - 30/10/2012 02:47:30 PM 893 Views
Go read a stats text will you? fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:54:16 PM 880 Views
Done Tor - 31/10/2012 09:34:11 AM 1674 Views
You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... fionwe1987 - 10/11/2012 10:14:19 PM 1183 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 11:37:16 AM 1003 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... fionwe1987 - 11/11/2012 07:14:48 PM 852 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 08:33:59 PM 1667 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 08:43:19 PM 1252 Views
Seriously? I went and looked at some statistics books, and you won't even reply? Tor - 01/11/2012 12:13:49 PM 995 Views
Still nothing? Tor - 10/11/2012 03:33:15 PM 1019 Views
Still doesn't explain the difference Praziquantel - 30/10/2012 07:01:53 PM 831 Views
Re: Still doesn't explain the difference fionwe1987 - 10/11/2012 10:21:00 PM 928 Views
Yes that totally makes sense Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:07:16 AM 1007 Views
Thank you! *NM* Tor - 30/10/2012 10:19:15 AM 475 Views
That's not what happened... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:01:52 PM 983 Views
Re: That's not what happened... Tor - 30/10/2012 02:15:57 PM 887 Views
Who said it would? fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:44:17 PM 910 Views
let's not mix up "random" and "representative" darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 05:28:09 PM 961 Views
Doesn't mean RJ applied it to his series Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:23:29 AM 980 Views
But of course he did.. fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:13:07 PM 1031 Views
I hate to get into these things HousealThor - 29/10/2012 05:45:50 PM 1058 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 1051 Views
In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed HousealThor - 29/10/2012 08:20:52 PM 1036 Views
Overwhelm Lanfear, not match her. *NM* fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:26:09 PM 542 Views
Truth is, Moiraine was being overly optimistic... Shannow - 29/10/2012 08:39:17 PM 954 Views
You're pathetic... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:20:01 AM 884 Views
The quote isn't specific Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:32:36 AM 991 Views
Its highly specific... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:15:38 PM 839 Views
Yet neither of them are at full potential and at least equal a Forsaken darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:45:24 PM 1500 Views
Honestly! darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 02:07:37 AM 938 Views
Re: In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed Tor - 29/10/2012 09:10:27 PM 955 Views
Lots of people mean perfectly normal distribution when they say it HousealThor - 30/10/2012 05:25:35 PM 895 Views
Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 12:04:01 AM 1088 Views
Re: Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? Tor - 30/10/2012 09:33:44 AM 1012 Views
Are you sure about that? TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 12:03:43 PM 1013 Views
Re: Are you sure about that? Tor - 30/10/2012 12:19:34 PM 914 Views
That doesn't seem a coherent narrative to me TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 04:26:25 PM 1260 Views
Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 05:16:40 PM 1029 Views
Re: Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 05:54:41 PM 899 Views
We do not know if Cadsuane or any of the Forsaken are Sparkers darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 10:33:55 PM 1062 Views
Re: We do not know if Cadsuane or any of the Forsaken are Sparkers TheCrownless - 31/10/2012 12:30:52 AM 999 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 882 Views
you're confusing 2 things Zaphod - 30/10/2012 04:27:32 AM 1186 Views
+1 *NM* Sidious - 30/10/2012 09:17:07 AM 1058 Views
Re: you're confusing 2 things Simon - 30/10/2012 09:21:39 AM 1036 Views
Not true... Shannow - 30/10/2012 11:49:57 AM 1015 Views
One thing HousealThor - 30/10/2012 05:23:17 PM 991 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 1001 Views
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