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Talk:1781: Artifacts

2017-01-04T13:59:37Z

West:

Wouldnt data entirely made of outliners just be ..regular measurements that just yields different results?[[User:West|#GoWest-West]] ([[User talk:West|talk]]) 13:59, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

1781: Artifacts

2017-01-04T13:58:20Z

West: /* Explanation */ Typo! Removing redundant sentence

{{comic
| number = 1781
| date = January 4, 2017
| title = Artifacts
| image = artifacts.png
| titletext = I didn't even realize you could HAVE a data set made up entirely of outliers.
}}

==Explanation==
The comic shows [[Cueball]] presenting data, that was probably gathered in research. Cueball seems to have made some kind of mistake in either the statistics or the measurement of the undefined subject of his research, thus his data results in many outliners. The word artifact is a wordplay with two meanings. It is either an {{w|Artifact_(archaeology)|artifact such as the Holy Grail}} (as in Indiana Jones) or a fault in your experiment, where you (usually accidentally) influence the measurement with your equipment or unanticipated environmental factors. These are also called {{w|Artifact_(error)|artifacts}}.
An example of an artifact is the measurement of the force between two charged metal spheres (Coulomb force), where the potential of unearthed nearby objects influences the measurement, thus causing an artifact.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball presenting a line graph]
:Cueball: The data clearly proves that-
:Offscreen voice: Are you Indiana Jones? Because you've got a lot of artifacts there, and I'm pretty sure you didn't handle them right.

{{comic discussion}}

1781: Artifacts

2017-01-04T13:56:32Z

West: /* Transcript */ Filling in the action

{{comic
| number = 1781
| date = January 4, 2017
| title = Artifacts
| image = artifacts.png
| titletext = I didn't even realize you could HAVE a data set made up entirely of outliers.
}}

==Explanation==
The comic shows [[Cueball]] presenting data, that was probably gathered in research. Cueball seems to have made some kind of mistake in either the statistics or the measurement of the undefined subject of his research, thus his data results in many outliers. The word artifact is a wordplay with two meanings. It is either an {{w|Artifact_(archaeology)|artifact such as the Holy Grail}} (as in Indiana Jones) or a fault in your experiment, where you (usually accidentally) influence the measurement with your equipment or unanticipated environmental factors. These are also called {{w|Artifact_(error)|artifacts}}.
An example of an artifact is the measurement of the force between two charged metal spheres (Coulomb force), where the potential of unearthed nearby objects influences the measurement, thus causing an artifact. The measurement in the experiment would be heavily influenced by its environment, thus causing an artifact.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball presenting a line graph]
:Cueball: The data clearly proves that-
:Offscreen voice: Are you Indiana Jones? Because you've got a lot of artifacts there, and I'm pretty sure you didn't handle them right.

{{comic discussion}}

1781: Artifacts

2017-01-04T13:54:40Z

West: /* Transcript */ Filling in the transcript

{{comic
| number = 1781
| date = January 4, 2017
| title = Artifacts
| image = artifacts.png
| titletext = I didn't even realize you could HAVE a data set made up entirely of outliers.
}}

==Explanation==
The comic shows [[Cueball]] presenting data, that was probably gathered in research. Cueball seems to have made some kind of mistake in either the statistics or the measurement of the undefined subject of his research, thus his data results in many outliers. The word artifact is a wordplay with two meanings. It is either an {{w|Artifact_(archaeology)|artifact such as the Holy Grail}} (as in Indiana Jones) or a fault in your experiment, where you (usually accidentally) influence the measurement with your equipment or unanticipated environmental factors. These are also called {{w|Artifact_(error)|artifacts}}.
An example of an artifact is the measurement of the force between two charged metal spheres (Coulomb force), where the potential of unearthed nearby objects influences the measurement, thus causing an artifact. The measurement in the experiment would be heavily influenced by its environment, thus causing an artifact.

==Transcript==

Cueball: The data clearly proves that-
Offscreen voice: Are you Indiana Jones? Because you've got a lot of artifacts there, and I'm pretty sure you didn't handle them right.

{{comic discussion}}

1781: Artifacts

2017-01-04T13:49:26Z

West: /* Explanation */ Putting some links and references in

{{comic
| number = 1781
| date = January 4, 2017
| title = Artifacts
| image = artifacts.png
| titletext = I didn't even realize you could HAVE a data set made up entirely of outliers.
}}

==Explanation==
The comic shows [[Cueball]] presenting data, that was probably gathered in research. Cueball seems to have made some kind of mistake in either the statistics or the measurement of the undefined subject of his research, thus his data results in many outliners. The word artifact is a wordplay with two meanings. It is either an {{w|Artifact_(archaeology)|artifact such as the Holy Grail}} (as in Indiana Jones) or as in a fault in your experiment, where you (usually accidently) influence the measurement with your equipment or unfortunate enviromental factors. These are called {{w|Artifact_(error)|artifacts}}.
An example of an artifact would be the measurement of the force between two charged metal spheres (Coloumb force), where the potential of unearthed objects nearby influences the measurement, thus causing an artifact. The measurement in the experiment would be influenced heavily by its enviroment, thus causing an artifact.

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript}}

{{comic discussion}}

1781: Artifacts

2017-01-04T13:43:52Z

West:

{{comic
| number = 1781
| date = January 4, 2017
| title = Artifacts
| image = artifacts.png
| titletext = I didn't even realize you could HAVE a data set made up entirely of outliers.
}}

==Explanation==
The comic shows Cueball presenting data, that was probably gathered in research. Cueball seems to have made some kind of mistake in either the statistics or the measurement of the undefined subject of his research, thus his data results in many outliners. The word artifact is a wordplay with two meanings. It is either an artifact such as the Holy Grail (as in Indiana Jones) or as in a fault in your experiment, where you (usually accidently) influence the measurement with your equipment or unfortunate enviromental factors. These are called artifacts.
An example of an artifact would be the measurement of the force between two charged metal spheres (Coloumb force), where the potential of unearthed objects nearby influences the measurement, thus causing an artifact. The measurement in the experiment would be influenced heavily by its enviroment, thus causing an artifact.

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript}}

{{comic discussion}}