I need to poll three people over 18 (at least one girl included) on these questions for a statistics assignment. Anyone care to take a minute to answer? Scale is 1 for "don't agree" to 5 for "agree completely", with 0 standing for "I can't say". Please also state your sex and age.
- "Dark bread is better than light bread"
- "Salted licorice is better than fruit drops"
- "Dark chocolate is better than light chocolate"
- "Tea is better than coffee"
- "Hot chocolate is better than tea"
- "Hot chocolate is better than coffee"
- "Cider is better than beer"
- "Sweet cider is better than dry cider"
- "Dark beer is better than light beer"
- "White wine is better than red whine"
- "I watch more TV series than movies"
- "I watch more TV series than reality TV"
- "I watch more movies than reality TV"
- "I watch more entertainment than documentaries"
- "I prefer to listen to the radio over watching TV"
edited 19th May '10 10:08:55 AM by LORd
Please be gentle with me.Male. 20.
1: 3. 2: 1. 3: 1. 4: 4. 5: 3. 6: 4. 7: 4. 8: 3. 9: 3. 10: 3. 11: 4. 12: 5. 13: 5. 14: 3. 15: 4.
edited 19th May '10 12:31:38 PM by Taelor
The Philosopher-King ParadoxMale, 20.
Bread: 4
Candy: 1
Chocolate: 2
Tea/coffee: 1
Chocolate/tea: 5
Chocolate/coffee: 3
Cider/beer: 5
Sweet cider/dry cider: 1
Dark beer/light beer: 2
White wine/red wine: 2
I watch more TV series than movies: 5
I watch more TV series than reality TV: 5
I watch more movies than reality TV: 5
I watch more entertainment than documentaries: 5
I prefer to listen to the radio over watching TV: 2
I have a problem I could do with help with. I'm supposed to be writing a sonnet between now and next Wednesday. Problem is, my creative writing teacher thinks my poems are too polemical. Poems, he says, are about what we don't know, not what we do know. Any suggestions for good poetry subject matter besides politics and the human condition?
Welcome To TV Tropes | How To Write An Example | Text Formatting Rules | List Of Shows That Need Summary | TV Tropes Forum | Know The StaffI can't do those exercises. If I try to write stream of consciousness it either comes out too ordered and structured or it's just random gibberish. If I try a more specific exercise, I tend to just freeze up and become unable to write.
Welcome To TV Tropes | How To Write An Example | Text Formatting Rules | List Of Shows That Need Summary | TV Tropes Forum | Know The StaffHum. What about the last time you felt strong emotion for no easily explicable reason, or a dream that stuck in your mind days afterwards, or being reminded of a philosophical knot you haven't been able to puzzle out? —dunno, I think at least part of it is making connections where they aren't expected, making a kind of sense that works within the poem even if it's utter nonsense elsewhere.
edited 19th May '10 5:34:26 PM by Aoede
Puzzling over philosophical knots and focussing on strong emotions was what produced most of the "polemical" poetry in the first place.
I get what you're saying, though. Looks like I've been looking at this from completely the wrong way.
Thanks for the help. I'll see if I can figure something out.
Welcome To TV Tropes | How To Write An Example | Text Formatting Rules | List Of Shows That Need Summary | TV Tropes Forum | Know The StaffHey guys I need some help please! I need some good Tenma, Eva, Nina, Runge, and Johann quotes. For an assignment I'm doing.
Really Black Dove. Alt made for iPhone usage. Will not respond to any Private Messages on here, so send them to Black.^Haven't heard of any of those.
In addition to that question, (x + y)^n = what does it equal?
edited 22nd May '10 10:23:47 AM by Barcode711
Worshipper of Ahura Mazda, as proclaimed by Zoroadster http://twitter.com/bpglobalprThe expansion of that using the binomial theorem can be simplified through the use of combinatorics.
My FF.net accountDamnit. See, I'm trying to expand (4-x)^(-3/2), so I can add together:
[x^2 * (-1/2) * (4-x)^(-3/2)] + [2x * (4-x)^(-1/2)]
Primarily, if I could figure out how to expand (4-x^2)^(1/2), I'd be good.
Worshipper of Ahura Mazda, as proclaimed by Zoroadster http://twitter.com/bpglobalprWell, yes, but - Well, maybe I'm not supposed to factor the final solution THAT far. (Thanks for the aid.)
edited 22nd May '10 10:44:08 AM by Barcode711
Worshipper of Ahura Mazda, as proclaimed by Zoroadster http://twitter.com/bpglobalprQuestion: Can a matrix have an inverse if it's non-square? Sorry if the answer is obvious, but it's been a while since I've worked with matrices and I missed a couple of lessons.
Nevermind. Just looked at my notes again. Said right there that a non-square matrix cannot have an inverse.
edited 23rd May '10 2:37:21 PM by LuckyRevenant
"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."That's a trig problem, right? I oughta be drawing diagrams with you to be really helpful, but this sounds like you might want to use the law of sines. Because remember, you know TWO of the angles of the triangle, not just one, so you can law of sines to figure out the length of the hypotenuse, after which you're all set to figure out the length of the remaining leg.
edited 24th May '10 9:27:48 AM by Aoede
Remember, tan = opposite over adjacent. You have the adjacent length, and want to know the opposite. The tricky bit is remembering that the angle between the two sides isn't the angle of depression, but it's complement.
90 - 12 = 78. tan(78) * 21 = 98.8.
The Philosopher-King Paradox

Thank you.