Though the task seemed really interesting, I didn’t even enter an answer as I lost interest after some preliminary analysis. Almost all of these applied to me too. The data was presented in an excel-unfriendly way and as I’m currently settling into a new job I didn’t have the energy to code a python script to trawl through the data. I suspect the participation was weighted towards those with more experience of statistical languages. A better presentation might have been a log of all squares ships had planned to go through with encounters listed there (with ??? for sunk ships) or something like that. I wish I’d had the time to participate properly as I do love doing D&D.sci when I can. Other than that I agree with most of GuySrinivasan’s points.
Also: as GuySrinivasan is also planning to run one of these might I suggest the formation of a community rota for those interested? As my commitments are about to shrink I’d be interested in doing one at some point and it might help to avoid people “scooping” each other.
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Though the task seemed really interesting, I didn’t even enter an answer as I lost interest after some preliminary analysis. Almost all of these applied to me too. The data was presented in an excel-unfriendly way and as I’m currently settling into a new job I didn’t have the energy to code a python script to trawl through the data. I suspect the participation was weighted towards those with more experience of statistical languages. A better presentation might have been a log of all squares ships had planned to go through with encounters listed there (with ??? for sunk ships) or something like that. I wish I’d had the time to participate properly as I do love doing D&D.sci when I can. Other than that I agree with most of GuySrinivasan’s points.
Also: as GuySrinivasan is also planning to run one of these might I suggest the formation of a community rota for those interested? As my commitments are about to shrink I’d be interested in doing one at some point and it might help to avoid people “scooping” each other.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EDanxmrtgunqLq7BclqEOt79Ce7uJpmGULvZICYVdC8/edit?usp=sharing
Like this? If people viewing these comments don’t have a better plan, I’ll PM the link to everyone I see on past D&D.Sci posts. Feel free to edit however you’d like.