On item 3: How will rounding be handled? If the mean ends up 22, will we round down to 20, but if it is 23 will we round up to 25?
In the revised item, there's a note that the MVT will rounded to the nearest 5 ( i.e. 10, 15, 20, etc.).
Let me guess. We're in a hurry.
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KevinK - Mar 13, 2003 12:07:11 pm PST #7437 of 10001
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Burrell - Mar 13, 2003 12:08:19 pm PST #7438 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The 32% that voted against MVT on the first ballot would vote for the lowest possible number, if their minds haven't changed. I think this would skew the outcome lower than 50,
I don't see why this isn't clearer to most people. I will be VERY SURPRISED if the number is as high as 50, since I think that 50 is one of the highest numbers someone may input, and there will be a huge number of 2s to offset the few who want a high number.
I personally would rather see the range be reasonable on both sides rather than unreasonable, so I'd prefer a range from 10 to 65 (or whatever it was bicyclops originally posted) than 2 to 100. But honestly, I don't think it will change the final outcome much. I predict that the final number will be somewhere between 15 and 40.
Burrell - Mar 13, 2003 12:09:07 pm PST #7439 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
On item 3: How will rounding be handled? If the mean ends up 22, will we round down to 20, but if it is 23 will we round up to 25?
That's what I had assumed.
Jesse - Mar 13, 2003 12:12:15 pm PST #7440 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I predict that the final number will be somewhere between 15 and 40.
Me too.
Cindy - Mar 13, 2003 12:17:54 pm PST #7441 of 10001
Nobody
Why are we rounding?
eta -
I could understand the "5" thing if instead of saying "pick any number in the range" we were going to offer choices of
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50... 100
But what's the sense of rounding to the nearest 5?
Sophia Brooks - Mar 13, 2003 12:26:13 pm PST #7442 of 10001
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John (or maybe Jon) suggested rounding when he first made the proposal because we didn't want to have the number "23.84365" be the number of buffistas needed.
amych - Mar 13, 2003 12:27:27 pm PST #7443 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
we didn't want to have the number "23.84365" be the number of buffistas needed.
Understood, but then why round to the nearest 5 instead of the nearest unit?
Cindy - Mar 13, 2003 12:28:04 pm PST #7444 of 10001
Nobody
Right - that's what I meant. Why not round to the nearest whole number?
Sophia Brooks - Mar 13, 2003 12:30:54 pm PST #7445 of 10001
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That I do not know. I think whoever it was just thought it would be odd even to have 23 be the number.
I am not speaking for myself, though, so I don't really know.
Jesse - Mar 13, 2003 12:32:28 pm PST #7446 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I like rounding to the nearest unit. It'll be fun to have the number be 23. Or whatever.