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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 1502 Views
Re: The Bell Curve revisited Tor - 29/10/2012 10:21:27 AM 899 Views
That's incorrect... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:26:49 AM 1469 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Tor - 29/10/2012 10:36:32 AM 904 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Shannow - 29/10/2012 10:40:27 AM 750 Views
Re: That's incorrect... Tor - 29/10/2012 10:42:57 AM 747 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 835 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 736 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 815 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 1035 Views
RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 02:11:19 PM 818 Views
Response to a few of your poorly researched points... Shannow - 29/10/2012 02:31:17 PM 764 Views
Re: RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... Tor - 29/10/2012 02:37:33 PM 780 Views
Exactly... Shannow - 29/10/2012 02:39:30 PM 777 Views
there are dozens of reasons for this darius_sedai - 29/10/2012 08:18:18 PM 795 Views
Excellent point. fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:24:37 PM 824 Views
Re: there are dozens of reasons for this Tor - 29/10/2012 09:07:35 PM 725 Views
Again I don't argue that genetics play no role darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 01:57:24 AM 701 Views
Re: Again I don't argue that genetics play no role Tor - 30/10/2012 07:07:17 AM 728 Views
I don't think it plays much role in the plot darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:17:55 PM 880 Views
Once again just so,we are clear on my stance with Genetics and Strength darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:27:11 PM 740 Views
That the 1000 Novices aren't a random sample of the population? fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:23:47 PM 679 Views
And why would it be biased towards those with lower strength? Tor - 29/10/2012 09:11:25 PM 684 Views
Absolutely no reason... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:35:35 AM 786 Views
Re: Absolutely no reason... Tor - 30/10/2012 06:43:54 AM 688 Views
Only if it was a random sampling. Which this is not. fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:58:34 PM 774 Views
That's exactly the point. I want you to explain why it wasn't random. Tor - 30/10/2012 02:14:59 PM 694 Views
It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:43:03 PM 711 Views
Re: It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! Tor - 30/10/2012 02:47:30 PM 710 Views
Go read a stats text will you? fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:54:16 PM 705 Views
Done Tor - 31/10/2012 09:34:11 AM 1376 Views
You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... fionwe1987 - 10/11/2012 10:14:19 PM 965 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 11:37:16 AM 734 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... fionwe1987 - 11/11/2012 07:14:48 PM 663 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 08:33:59 PM 1404 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... Tor - 11/11/2012 08:43:19 PM 929 Views
Seriously? I went and looked at some statistics books, and you won't even reply? Tor - 01/11/2012 12:13:49 PM 744 Views
Still nothing? Tor - 10/11/2012 03:33:15 PM 718 Views
Still doesn't explain the difference Praziquantel - 30/10/2012 07:01:53 PM 651 Views
Re: Still doesn't explain the difference fionwe1987 - 10/11/2012 10:21:00 PM 731 Views
Yes that totally makes sense Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:07:16 AM 824 Views
Thank you! *NM* Tor - 30/10/2012 10:19:15 AM 380 Views
That's not what happened... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:01:52 PM 748 Views
Re: That's not what happened... Tor - 30/10/2012 02:15:57 PM 708 Views
Who said it would? fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:44:17 PM 712 Views
let's not mix up "random" and "representative" darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 05:28:09 PM 779 Views
Doesn't mean RJ applied it to his series Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:23:29 AM 789 Views
But of course he did.. fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:13:07 PM 810 Views
I hate to get into these things HousealThor - 29/10/2012 05:45:50 PM 853 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 811 Views
In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed HousealThor - 29/10/2012 08:20:52 PM 836 Views
Overwhelm Lanfear, not match her. *NM* fionwe1987 - 29/10/2012 08:26:09 PM 413 Views
Truth is, Moiraine was being overly optimistic... Shannow - 29/10/2012 08:39:17 PM 755 Views
You're pathetic... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 01:20:01 AM 696 Views
The quote isn't specific Sidious - 30/10/2012 08:32:36 AM 815 Views
Its highly specific... fionwe1987 - 30/10/2012 02:15:38 PM 648 Views
Yet neither of them are at full potential and at least equal a Forsaken darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 03:45:24 PM 1303 Views
Honestly! darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 02:07:37 AM 748 Views
Re: In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed Tor - 29/10/2012 09:10:27 PM 754 Views
Lots of people mean perfectly normal distribution when they say it HousealThor - 30/10/2012 05:25:35 PM 691 Views
Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 12:04:01 AM 892 Views
Re: Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? Tor - 30/10/2012 09:33:44 AM 818 Views
Are you sure about that? TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 12:03:43 PM 820 Views
Re: Are you sure about that? Tor - 30/10/2012 12:19:34 PM 725 Views
That doesn't seem a coherent narrative to me TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 04:26:25 PM 1026 Views
Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 05:16:40 PM 832 Views
Re: Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola TheCrownless - 30/10/2012 05:54:41 PM 715 Views
We do not know if Cadsuane or any of the Forsaken are Sparkers darius_sedai - 30/10/2012 10:33:55 PM 845 Views
Re: We do not know if Cadsuane or any of the Forsaken are Sparkers TheCrownless - 31/10/2012 12:30:52 AM 795 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 630 Views
you're confusing 2 things Zaphod - 30/10/2012 04:27:32 AM 894 Views
+1 *NM* Sidious - 30/10/2012 09:17:07 AM 823 Views
Re: you're confusing 2 things Simon - 30/10/2012 09:21:39 AM 792 Views
Not true... Shannow - 30/10/2012 11:49:57 AM 806 Views
One thing HousealThor - 30/10/2012 05:23:17 PM 782 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 802 Views
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