Sufficient statistics are in to start a full scale analysis of the Star Trek quiz. (The Babylon 5 quiz needs to be extended with more difficult questions before that can be effectively analyzed.) Details follow.
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The Next Geek Test – Star Trek: The Original Series
The statistics are still accumulating on our Babylon 5 test, but that’s no reason to stop now. Our Star Trek: The Original Series test, restricted exclusively to canonical adventures (pre-2009 relaunch), can be found at http://bit.ly/vE8l2z. Please take the test once only, make your best effort, and give yourself the same user name / e-mail address / unique string you used on prior tests (assuming you volunteer such a label in the first place.)
Babylon 5 Geek Test at Bureau 42
The development of Bureau 42’s Geek Test continues. This time around, site founder Dave created 20 questions to challenge and norm our readers. You can take the test at http://bit.ly/rE14oC. Please do the test once only, and give it your best effort. Come back next week for a similar test for Star Trek: The Original Series. Feel free to share the link! We’ll need a lot more respondents this time around; Part A had 32 possible response patterns, while this part has 1048576, and we need to see the way those patterns appear when people are trying their hardest.
Geek Test Milestone #1 Achieved
I would like to thank everybody who participated in the first part of the Geek Test here at Bureau 42. I got exactly the kind of data I was looking for FAR faster than I’d hoped. I’m excited about where this is going. Complete details are after the break.
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Developing a Bureau 42 Geek Test
I want to experiment with creating a computerized adaptive test. To do that, I’m going to need statistics. LOTS of statistics. I have a first draft of five questions produced on a Google form. They are very quick, and can be completed here. More details below.
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Open Forum
This is Bureau 42’s first open forum for discussion of anything and everything, posted by request. If you want to see these continue, speak up and they will in one form or another.
Blockbuster Who?
Harry Potter director David Yates will be directing a big-budget Doctor Who movie, which will likely not star any of the current Doctors.
Information may be found here and in numerous other places.
We meant to post this two days ago! However, we can discuss it any time.
Grimm Discussion: “Beeware”
Still out of town;
Meanwhile, Nick discovers more about his family’s history while working on a case involving a flash mob gone horribly wrong. Nick and Hank find themselves at odds when they are both assigned to protect a shady person from their dark past.
Fringe Discussion: “Novation”
The translucent shapeshifters return to plague Fringe division, and a former Massive Dynamic scientist is involved. Meanwhile, Walter meets with Nina Sharp.
Grimm Discussion: “Bears Will Be Bears”
While I’m hoping to start reviewing Grimm (the pilot has me very interested) I’m out of town this week and won’t be catching it until later. So if anyone else was as intrigued as I was, here’s a discussion post.
This week, “Nick and Hank investigate a case of breaking-and-entering, which introduces them to a family’s barbaric history. Nick asks Monroe to look after Aunt Marie”