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Talk:1431: Marriage

2016-02-16T03:24:28Z

Xhfz: Moving off topic conversation to Talk:1431: Marriage/What's next

Okay, that was the hardest explanation I've attempted so far. [[User:Cheeselover724|Cheeselover724]] ([[User talk:Cheeselover724|talk]]) 04:42, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
:Graphs tend to be hard. On that note, the transcript was tricky and probably needs work. [[User:Athang|Athang]] ([[User talk:Athang|talk]]) 05:14, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
:: Hope you don't mind, I just about completely rewrote the transcript, attempting to indicate the structure of each line and the visual effect I thought was intended -- [[User:Brettpeirce|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce|talk]]) 11:41, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
:looksclike Gallup has a nice page up right now that happens to include gay marriage and interracial marriage one below the other. Probably good to use these in the explanation?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/117328/marriage.aspx [[User:Sean timmons|Sean timmons]] ([[User talk:Sean timmons|talk]]) 21:05, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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[[/What's next]]
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It's interesting to think about the differences between interracial marriage versus gay marriage. In the latter situation an entire class of people aren't able to obtain the only type of marriage that would likely appeal to them, whereas I think interracial marriages are more "fungible" (definitely not the right word) in that a person who engages in an interracial marriage may not have a strong preference for interracial marriages over intraracial marriages. So in banning interracial marriage, they impacted specific individuals, but there wasn't a well-defined class of interracial marriage pursuers who were denied the right to marry. I think this is relevant because in the case of gay-marriage, most people in the wronged class (people who want gay marriages), and many people outside of the wronged class, all support the right. With interracial marriage on the other hand, I would be curious to see if it was mostly whites that opposed interracial marriage, or if large percentages of whites, blacks, and other minorities also disapproved of interracial marriage.

[[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.194|173.245.54.194]] 15:21, 8 October 2014 (UTC)XkdcPoster

So legalization of inter-racial marriage preceded (by quite some time) the general acceptance of it. While acceptance of same-sex marriage is preceding it's legalization. An interesting switch in how the country operates. A consequence of the rise of groups like the "conservative" Tea Party folks and the increased radicalization of the right? Where once we had politicians who did the right thing despite its not being popular, now delay doing the right thing because they are far more interested in "leading by following" than in actual leading? [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.117|199.27.128.117]] 15:45, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
:Some say radicalization, some say marginalization. Perhaps both are right.[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 17:48, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
::Yeah, both are right in that one eventually leads to the other. Folks who get too radical (in either direction) get marginalized. But it's a self-inflicted marginalization and an appropriate one. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.117|199.27.128.117]] 16:45, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
:::Likewise, prolonged exclusion of a group of people may cause them to become radical. [[User:Spur|Spur]] ([[User talk:Spur|talk]]) 02:54, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

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Although I agree with Randall's point in this comic, he is cheating a little bit. The poll questions are slightly different: "do you '''approve of''' interracial marriage?" vs "do you think same-sex marriage '''should be legal'''?" People who "disapprove" of something, but grudgingly acknowledge that it should be allowed, are miscounted. - [[User:Frankie|Frankie]] ([[User talk:Frankie|talk]]) 18:22, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

p.s. OTOH, hypothetically if SCOTUS reversed ''Loving'' and allowed interracial bans again, a lot of those disapprovers would probably turn back into active opponents. IOW, they accept it as law mainly because they know they can't change it. - [[User:Frankie|Frankie]] ([[User talk:Frankie|talk]]) 18:26, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Talk:1431: Marriage/What's next

2016-02-16T03:23:34Z

Xhfz: Moving off topic conversation from Talk:1431: Marriage

Thank you for your efforts. This of course raises questions about what's next. Let's hope we can question sincerely and this does not become a troll.

How about adoption of children by single persons (authorized in France, where else) ? By same-sex couples (authorized in France because the same law applies to marriage and adoption) ? Can anyone (even Randall) gather data and produce a graph ?

Adoption normally gives a home with proper parents to a child that lack them by accident.

Notice that every human person living or dead has exactly one mother and one father because of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamete Gamete] mechanism (even if one or even both parents are sometimes unknown or the person is raised by other people). [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/UN_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child#Article_7 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child] article 7 mentions "The child (...) immediately after birth (...) shall have the right (...) to know and be cared for by his or her parents."

In the US one can buy a child specifically produced to be adopted. Depending on the situation, children are produced using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogacy gestational surrogacy] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_reproductive_technology Assisted reproductive technology].

In theory this has nothing to do with sexual orientation of the buyers. In practice fertile couples just have babies naturally. So the only people who buy babies are very rich people who want babies with specific features (keyword "screening"), infertile couples and people that may be technically fertile but whose situation is not a traditional couple (they may be single or same-sex couple). I know in my town two gay men that bought two children in the US.

Those children are produced to be deprived of one of their parents. That violates [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/UN_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child#Article_7 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child], right ? Is that a progress ? How to solve that ?

Let's try to remain close to this XKCD graph and the question: what's next and what to think of it ? Open to your constructive questions and comments.
--[[User:MGitsfullofsheep|MGitsfullofsheep]] ([[User talk:MGitsfullofsheep|talk]]) 11:44, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

:So you're saying that adoption (from gay or straight couples) violates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? That all sperm donation should be banned? [[User:Diszy|Diszy]] ([[User talk:Diszy|talk]]) 12:17, 8 October 2014 (UTC) Also, the US has not ratified the UNCRC so this discussion is moot. You can't hold them to the rules if they blatantly declare that they don't follow them.[[User:Diszy|Diszy]] ([[User talk:Diszy|talk]]) 12:25, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

::Thank you for your reply Diszy.

::> So you're saying that adoption (from gay or straight couples) violates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?

::No, I'm not saying that. The case of babies produced and sold, even after many debates, seems somehow wrong in a way that has nothing to do with sexual orientation of parents.
::When a child has no suitable genetic parents (they are dead or abusing) I understand that adoption is clearly compatible with UNCRC article 7.
::When a child is produced to be deprived of one parent, I find it debatable. Or maybe we can save the logic by considering that the genetic parent "resigns" their responsibility, which falls back to the previous case.

::> That all sperm donation should be banned?

::I'm not discussing if it should be banned, but you raise an interesting point.

::Technically, a spem donor is a genetic parent that "resigns" (can anyone find a better word) their responsibility as parent since they are not planning to honor it (some do, afterwards). Does it violate UNCRC article 7 ? My understanding is: things are blurred by the "as far as possible" wording.

::> Also, the US has not ratified the UNCRC so this discussion is moot.

::[http://www.wordreference.com/definition/moot moot - ] "of little or no practical value or meaning;
::interesting only from the point of view of theory:"

::Thank you for this piece of information. So this can't be used to demonstrate that US legal system is inconsistent.

::> You can't hold them to the rules if they blatantly declare that they don't follow them.

::I didn't know that.

::Again I'm not discussing good and bad or whatever, rather logical consistency. This is a math-geek-language discussion place, isn't it ?

::There's one way countries who have ratified the UNCRC could claim it's okay.
::They could claim that the "parents" in article 7 are not genetic parents but the persons who are willing to raise the child. Though that's another possible way to make a consistent logical model, I'm pretty sure that's not what the UN had in mind when they wrote this.

::Thank you again for your feedback.

::--[[User:MGitsfullofsheep|MGitsfullofsheep]] ([[User talk:MGitsfullofsheep|talk]]) 15:04, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:53:13Z

Xhfz: /* I think we shouldn't force the reader to go to Wikipedia */

Mildly interesting to note that the ordering of most of the checkbox/radiobutton lists randomise each time the survery is loaded. Also, there is at least one other comic where Randall comments about not having figured out HTML imagemaps. Anyone remember which? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 10:52, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:It was in one of his "under the logo" news bars, about him starting What If, iirc --[[User:Aescula|Aescula]] ([[User talk:Aescula|talk]]) 11:28, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
I wonder how many people, on reading 'Type "cat" here:', typed '"cat" here:'? I know I did... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.214|141.101.98.214]] 11:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Guilty...--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 12:08, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Me too... However you could have typed '"cat" here:', as well... (/edit: I wonder how many different entries the survey's result will reveal) (/edit2: I did not read properly... sorry. I typed '"cat"' not '"cat" here:' -.-)[[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 12:27, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: I typed meow -[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.86|141.101.105.86]] 12:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Not sure if it was just me, but the comic wasn't a link at all! The cursor changed into a No cursor for me everytime I mouseover'd the comic. I went to survey using the "Bonus Link!" below the comic page. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:01, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Never mind, this was probably due to the WebComics reader extension that I have in my browser. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:03, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
From hearing people on reddit comment about not being able to completely fill the text box (not just the visual box) with the error "Answer too long", it's caused by a 10k character limit. Presumably by Google Docs. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.192|108.162.249.192]] 13:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

The validation choices are interesting.
* "Enter a number between 1 and 100" rejects numbers outside this range (e.g. -1) but also reject valid responses (e.g. π).
* "Enter your age" and "Enter the number of $SIBLING" accept invalid responses such as -1. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 13:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

"it's possible that someone may be able to identify you by looking at your responses"
Then why send those informations to Google ? I find the idea of thee survey interesting but why Google doc ? There are other options like Lime Survey. [[User:Seipas|Seipas]] ([[User talk:Seipas|talk]]) 13:37, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Given the stated intention to make the collected dataset available publicly, there's no information-security reason to prefer another survey tool over Google. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 14:21, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Not a transcript==
This is mildly interesting, but it is not a transcript. Transcripts are meant mainly for blind people and search engines. Different letter sizes and a frame are not needed. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 12:54, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:{| style="text-align:center; border:1pt black solid;"
|| Introducing '''THE XKCD SURVEY''' A search for weird correlations Note: This survey is anonymous, but all responses will be posted publicly so people can play with the data. '''Click here to''' '''take the survey''' Or click here, or here. The whole comic is a link, because I still haven't gotten the hang of HTML imagemaps. 
|}
::The transcript is not only for blind people. And an enhanced layout doesn't harm them but instead it would help them. A speech synthesizer would tell them something like "headline" or "small text at bottom" so that the impaired people would get a much better feeling of the comic. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:12, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

I wonder how many people included "battery, horse, staple, correct" in the five random words box.
:I typed ');drop table survey; -- at the end of the random characters text box. I must have been the first person to think of that because the survey was still working. [[User:Jeremyp|Jeremyp]] ([[User talk:Jeremyp|talk]]) 13:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Tables Vs Bulleted List ==

The list of questions and possible responses has been added to the explanation by myself and xhfz, in different formats. I went for a wikitable, xhfz used a bulleted list. Rather than just overwrite each other, I think we need to have a discussion on which is the best choice. The reasons I believe a wikitable is the best option:
:*Far better expandability, in anticipation of survey results
:*More structured and neater presentation
In general I tend to lean towards tables, but it is probably a constructive discussion to have for the wiki as a whole. I would be interested to hear opinions of bulleted list vs tables in these types of situation.--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 13:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

If we have a table we need colspan instead of rowspan. On the other hand a table is very difficult to maintain. In addition, the table didn't have space for explanations (another column, maybe). [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 13:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:If you used colspan, questions like "How many of these 20 words do you know" would be excessively wide. Perhaps a combination of colspan and rowspan, or simply a single cell with the responses listed as comma seperated list. As far as adding a column for explanations, its pretty trivial. What I'm getting at is that perhaps the format of a table would need to be optimised, but that is entirely feasible.
:I agree with you as far as tables being more intimidating to edit and maintain, but once set up they aren't that bad.
:Bulleted lists (to me at least) look messy, and tend to lack a coherent structure. As more information is added, sub-levels and sub-sub-levels are added without much thought as to the overall intent. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 14:14, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

By colspan I mean this:
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|colspan="2"|When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
|-
|
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|colspan="2"|Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
|-
|
|Slickle
|-
|
|Rife
|-
|
|Soliloquy
|-
|
|Fination
|-
|
|Stipple
|-
|
|Peristeronic
|-
|
|Modicum
|-
|
|Trephony
|-
|
|Tribution
|-
|colspan="2"|Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
|-
|
|Yes
|-
|
|No
|-
|
|I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
|-
|
|No, but I'm totally doing that now
|}
[[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 14:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Missing questions==
Something notably missing which would have greatly helped later analysis was a question about where someone is - Country and/or State. Some of the questions and answers will be differently understood because of that (eg meaning if 'sandwich') --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.65|141.101.98.65]] 14:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:I think that is the whole point though, to provide a data set that actively attempts to ''prevent'' the obvious simple analysis. There are plenty of statistics on how people from place A are more likely to do thing B. What I want to know is "How many people who would class a taco as a sandwich and can drive stick shift are able to juggle?". Also, is it true that most people think they are above average drivers? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 15:09, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Subsections were added for ease of editing ==

You can delete the subsections later. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:30, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Ok, I agree on that. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== I think we shouldn't force the reader to go to Wikipedia ==

I added explanations in "Activities" and twice they were deleted. Why? [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1572:_xkcd_Survey&diff=prev&oldid=100879] [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1572%3A_xkcd_Survey&diff=100921&oldid=100920] [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:39, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:Personally, I think those activities are so easily understood, that adding an "explanation" is not necessary. I think wiki links are sufficient, so that if somehow people don't know what the activities are, they can go look. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 15:45, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

::I know 20,000 words in [http://testyourvocab.com testyourvocab.com]. I also know soliloquy, modicum, amiable and salient. I had never heard of dunk, sheet bend, bowline, or stick shift, but I know the meaning of manual transmission without going to Wikipedia. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:47, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:49:35Z

Xhfz: /* I think we shouldn't force the reader to go to Wikipedia */

Mildly interesting to note that the ordering of most of the checkbox/radiobutton lists randomise each time the survery is loaded. Also, there is at least one other comic where Randall comments about not having figured out HTML imagemaps. Anyone remember which? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 10:52, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:It was in one of his "under the logo" news bars, about him starting What If, iirc --[[User:Aescula|Aescula]] ([[User talk:Aescula|talk]]) 11:28, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
I wonder how many people, on reading 'Type "cat" here:', typed '"cat" here:'? I know I did... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.214|141.101.98.214]] 11:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Guilty...--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 12:08, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Me too... However you could have typed '"cat" here:', as well... (/edit: I wonder how many different entries the survey's result will reveal) (/edit2: I did not read properly... sorry. I typed '"cat"' not '"cat" here:' -.-)[[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 12:27, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: I typed meow -[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.86|141.101.105.86]] 12:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Not sure if it was just me, but the comic wasn't a link at all! The cursor changed into a No cursor for me everytime I mouseover'd the comic. I went to survey using the "Bonus Link!" below the comic page. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:01, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Never mind, this was probably due to the WebComics reader extension that I have in my browser. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:03, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
From hearing people on reddit comment about not being able to completely fill the text box (not just the visual box) with the error "Answer too long", it's caused by a 10k character limit. Presumably by Google Docs. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.192|108.162.249.192]] 13:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

The validation choices are interesting.
* "Enter a number between 1 and 100" rejects numbers outside this range (e.g. -1) but also reject valid responses (e.g. π).
* "Enter your age" and "Enter the number of $SIBLING" accept invalid responses such as -1. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 13:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

"it's possible that someone may be able to identify you by looking at your responses"
Then why send those informations to Google ? I find the idea of thee survey interesting but why Google doc ? There are other options like Lime Survey. [[User:Seipas|Seipas]] ([[User talk:Seipas|talk]]) 13:37, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Given the stated intention to make the collected dataset available publicly, there's no information-security reason to prefer another survey tool over Google. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 14:21, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Not a transcript==
This is mildly interesting, but it is not a transcript. Transcripts are meant mainly for blind people and search engines. Different letter sizes and a frame are not needed. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 12:54, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:{| style="text-align:center; border:1pt black solid;"
|| Introducing '''THE XKCD SURVEY''' A search for weird correlations Note: This survey is anonymous, but all responses will be posted publicly so people can play with the data. '''Click here to''' '''take the survey''' Or click here, or here. The whole comic is a link, because I still haven't gotten the hang of HTML imagemaps. 
|}
::The transcript is not only for blind people. And an enhanced layout doesn't harm them but instead it would help them. A speech synthesizer would tell them something like "headline" or "small text at bottom" so that the impaired people would get a much better feeling of the comic. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:12, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

I wonder how many people included "battery, horse, staple, correct" in the five random words box.
:I typed ');drop table survey; -- at the end of the random characters text box. I must have been the first person to think of that because the survey was still working. [[User:Jeremyp|Jeremyp]] ([[User talk:Jeremyp|talk]]) 13:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Tables Vs Bulleted List ==

The list of questions and possible responses has been added to the explanation by myself and xhfz, in different formats. I went for a wikitable, xhfz used a bulleted list. Rather than just overwrite each other, I think we need to have a discussion on which is the best choice. The reasons I believe a wikitable is the best option:
:*Far better expandability, in anticipation of survey results
:*More structured and neater presentation
In general I tend to lean towards tables, but it is probably a constructive discussion to have for the wiki as a whole. I would be interested to hear opinions of bulleted list vs tables in these types of situation.--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 13:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

If we have a table we need colspan instead of rowspan. On the other hand a table is very difficult to maintain. In addition, the table didn't have space for explanations (another column, maybe). [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 13:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:If you used colspan, questions like "How many of these 20 words do you know" would be excessively wide. Perhaps a combination of colspan and rowspan, or simply a single cell with the responses listed as comma seperated list. As far as adding a column for explanations, its pretty trivial. What I'm getting at is that perhaps the format of a table would need to be optimised, but that is entirely feasible.
:I agree with you as far as tables being more intimidating to edit and maintain, but once set up they aren't that bad.
:Bulleted lists (to me at least) look messy, and tend to lack a coherent structure. As more information is added, sub-levels and sub-sub-levels are added without much thought as to the overall intent. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 14:14, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

By colspan I mean this:
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|colspan="2"|When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
|-
|
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|colspan="2"|Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
|-
|
|Slickle
|-
|
|Rife
|-
|
|Soliloquy
|-
|
|Fination
|-
|
|Stipple
|-
|
|Peristeronic
|-
|
|Modicum
|-
|
|Trephony
|-
|
|Tribution
|-
|colspan="2"|Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
|-
|
|Yes
|-
|
|No
|-
|
|I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
|-
|
|No, but I'm totally doing that now
|}
[[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 14:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Missing questions==
Something notably missing which would have greatly helped later analysis was a question about where someone is - Country and/or State. Some of the questions and answers will be differently understood because of that (eg meaning if 'sandwich') --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.65|141.101.98.65]] 14:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:I think that is the whole point though, to provide a data set that actively attempts to ''prevent'' the obvious simple analysis. There are plenty of statistics on how people from place A are more likely to do thing B. What I want to know is "How many people who would class a taco as a sandwich and can drive stick shift are able to juggle?". Also, is it true that most people think they are above average drivers? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 15:09, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Subsections were added for ease of editing ==

You can delete the subsections later. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:30, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Ok, I agree on that. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== I think we shouldn't force the reader to go to Wikipedia ==

I added explanations in "Activities" and twice they were deleted. Why? [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1572:_xkcd_Survey&diff=prev&oldid=100879] [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1572%3A_xkcd_Survey&diff=100921&oldid=100920] [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:39, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:Personally, I think those activities are so easily understood, that adding an "explanation" is not necessary. I think wiki links are sufficient, so that if somehow people don't know what the activities are, they can go look. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 15:45, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

::I know 20,000 words in [http://testyourvocab.com testyourvocab.com] and I didn't know most of those words. I also know soliloquy, modicum, amiable and salient. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:47, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:47:03Z

Xhfz: /* I think we shouldn't force the reader to go to Wikipedia */

Mildly interesting to note that the ordering of most of the checkbox/radiobutton lists randomise each time the survery is loaded. Also, there is at least one other comic where Randall comments about not having figured out HTML imagemaps. Anyone remember which? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 10:52, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:It was in one of his "under the logo" news bars, about him starting What If, iirc --[[User:Aescula|Aescula]] ([[User talk:Aescula|talk]]) 11:28, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
I wonder how many people, on reading 'Type "cat" here:', typed '"cat" here:'? I know I did... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.214|141.101.98.214]] 11:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Guilty...--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 12:08, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Me too... However you could have typed '"cat" here:', as well... (/edit: I wonder how many different entries the survey's result will reveal) (/edit2: I did not read properly... sorry. I typed '"cat"' not '"cat" here:' -.-)[[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 12:27, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: I typed meow -[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.86|141.101.105.86]] 12:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Not sure if it was just me, but the comic wasn't a link at all! The cursor changed into a No cursor for me everytime I mouseover'd the comic. I went to survey using the "Bonus Link!" below the comic page. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:01, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Never mind, this was probably due to the WebComics reader extension that I have in my browser. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:03, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
From hearing people on reddit comment about not being able to completely fill the text box (not just the visual box) with the error "Answer too long", it's caused by a 10k character limit. Presumably by Google Docs. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.192|108.162.249.192]] 13:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

The validation choices are interesting.
* "Enter a number between 1 and 100" rejects numbers outside this range (e.g. -1) but also reject valid responses (e.g. π).
* "Enter your age" and "Enter the number of $SIBLING" accept invalid responses such as -1. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 13:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

"it's possible that someone may be able to identify you by looking at your responses"
Then why send those informations to Google ? I find the idea of thee survey interesting but why Google doc ? There are other options like Lime Survey. [[User:Seipas|Seipas]] ([[User talk:Seipas|talk]]) 13:37, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Given the stated intention to make the collected dataset available publicly, there's no information-security reason to prefer another survey tool over Google. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 14:21, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Not a transcript==
This is mildly interesting, but it is not a transcript. Transcripts are meant mainly for blind people and search engines. Different letter sizes and a frame are not needed. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 12:54, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:{| style="text-align:center; border:1pt black solid;"
|| Introducing '''THE XKCD SURVEY''' A search for weird correlations Note: This survey is anonymous, but all responses will be posted publicly so people can play with the data. '''Click here to''' '''take the survey''' Or click here, or here. The whole comic is a link, because I still haven't gotten the hang of HTML imagemaps. 
|}
::The transcript is not only for blind people. And an enhanced layout doesn't harm them but instead it would help them. A speech synthesizer would tell them something like "headline" or "small text at bottom" so that the impaired people would get a much better feeling of the comic. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:12, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

I wonder how many people included "battery, horse, staple, correct" in the five random words box.
:I typed ');drop table survey; -- at the end of the random characters text box. I must have been the first person to think of that because the survey was still working. [[User:Jeremyp|Jeremyp]] ([[User talk:Jeremyp|talk]]) 13:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Tables Vs Bulleted List ==

The list of questions and possible responses has been added to the explanation by myself and xhfz, in different formats. I went for a wikitable, xhfz used a bulleted list. Rather than just overwrite each other, I think we need to have a discussion on which is the best choice. The reasons I believe a wikitable is the best option:
:*Far better expandability, in anticipation of survey results
:*More structured and neater presentation
In general I tend to lean towards tables, but it is probably a constructive discussion to have for the wiki as a whole. I would be interested to hear opinions of bulleted list vs tables in these types of situation.--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 13:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

If we have a table we need colspan instead of rowspan. On the other hand a table is very difficult to maintain. In addition, the table didn't have space for explanations (another column, maybe). [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 13:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:If you used colspan, questions like "How many of these 20 words do you know" would be excessively wide. Perhaps a combination of colspan and rowspan, or simply a single cell with the responses listed as comma seperated list. As far as adding a column for explanations, its pretty trivial. What I'm getting at is that perhaps the format of a table would need to be optimised, but that is entirely feasible.
:I agree with you as far as tables being more intimidating to edit and maintain, but once set up they aren't that bad.
:Bulleted lists (to me at least) look messy, and tend to lack a coherent structure. As more information is added, sub-levels and sub-sub-levels are added without much thought as to the overall intent. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 14:14, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

By colspan I mean this:
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|colspan="2"|When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
|-
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|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|colspan="2"|Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
|-
|
|Slickle
|-
|
|Rife
|-
|
|Soliloquy
|-
|
|Fination
|-
|
|Stipple
|-
|
|Peristeronic
|-
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|Modicum
|-
|
|Trephony
|-
|
|Tribution
|-
|colspan="2"|Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
|-
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|Yes
|-
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|No
|-
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|I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
|-
|
|No, but I'm totally doing that now
|}
[[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 14:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Missing questions==
Something notably missing which would have greatly helped later analysis was a question about where someone is - Country and/or State. Some of the questions and answers will be differently understood because of that (eg meaning if 'sandwich') --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.65|141.101.98.65]] 14:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:I think that is the whole point though, to provide a data set that actively attempts to ''prevent'' the obvious simple analysis. There are plenty of statistics on how people from place A are more likely to do thing B. What I want to know is "How many people who would class a taco as a sandwich and can drive stick shift are able to juggle?". Also, is it true that most people think they are above average drivers? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 15:09, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Subsections were added for ease of editing ==

You can delete the subsections later. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:30, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Ok, I agree on that. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== I think we shouldn't force the reader to go to Wikipedia ==

I added explanations in "Activities" and twice they were deleted. Why? [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1572:_xkcd_Survey&diff=prev&oldid=100879] [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1572%3A_xkcd_Survey&diff=100921&oldid=100920] [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:39, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:Personally, I think those activities are so easily understood, that adding an "explanation" is not necessary. I think wiki links are sufficient, so that if somehow people don't know what the activities are, they can go look. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 15:45, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

::I know 20,000 words in [http://testyourvocab.com testyourvocab.com] and I didn't know most of those words. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:47, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

User talk:Dgbrt

2015-09-02T15:42:20Z

Xhfz: /* Subsections */

See the history for more:
* [[User talk:Dgbrt/2013|2013]]

== X11 Title Text Explanation ==

In my absence was it finally decided forever and always how title text explanations would be handled? I can't find a discussion in the Community Portal, if you have a link I'd be interested to come up to speed on the current editing policies. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]]_a ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 22:44, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
:A BIG problem is here still that there are NO editing policies in general. I'm just following the main "feel and look". In standard explains the title text is just at the bottom of the explain, and trivia goes after transcript. You are an admin here and maybe you should talk to [[User:Davidy22]]. In general I think that X11 still needs a better layout. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 23:11, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

::Ok. I had wondered about that. My personal policy, when I was an active editor a year ago, was once a title text explanation is longer than 2 paragraphs it should get it's own subsection. I'll have to get a dialogue started with Davidy about it once more.

::So you know, the English phrase is "look and feel". I know English isn't your first language, I just wanted to correct you on that. If I tried typing in German, I'd probably embarrass myself, and you'd have to help me.

::[[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]]_a ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 23:25, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

:::I'm happy about your latest actions here! And of course I did mix it up, it's "look and feel" and a translation of my former mistake could lead into some problems. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 01:13, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

== [[1052]] ==

Think you may have marked this as complete a smidgen early - it needed a bit of cleanup, and a few more tweaks (the joke about theology wasn't explained, really). I've done it now, though. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.235|141.101.99.235]] 16:40, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
:You are welcome to enhance this explain, but in general it's not incomplete any more. If you feel the explain is still incomplete just add the tag again and provide a reason. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:02, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
::Eh, I got it. It was just a couple little things - the Ontological Argument joke, and such. I suppose, though, that "I had intended to do more work on it" isn't really an argument against removing it, is it? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.235|141.101.99.235]] 18:26, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
:::And I'm very happy if you still can enhance this explain. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:30, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

== Cthulhu and Azathoth ([[1040]]) ==

I can only presume you haven't read Lovecraft, but those are the best known sealed-away gods in modern literature. Cthulhu is supposed to live in the extreme depths, Azathoth beyond time, surrounded by insane pipers. They're a far better explanation than the Harry Potter one which is far, far more tangental - it sings in a bath, and contains nothing that could escape - but you're leaving in.

I doubt there's a precise reference being made to ''anything'' in the comic, but Cthulhu and other Lovecraftian Gods are the overwhelmingly likely inspiration. Unless someone has a better explanation. I suppose one could discuss The Abyss as well. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.235|141.101.99.235]] 11:27, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

:I disagree, this comic contains only REAL things. This is NO horror fiction. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:58, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
::The door at the bottom of the Marinas Trench is real now? James Cameron really released something on the world because he was distracted by its beautiful music? I think you've missed the actual context of the specific discussion. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.235|141.101.99.235]] 11:36, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

== Downtime ==
Next time you see errors, could you post the output of [http://explainxkcd.com/cdn-cgi/trace this link] somewhere? '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 08:09, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
:I will do so, but currently there are no problems. It's working great. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 08:19, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
::Actually, could you get me the output to that file currently for now? And again in the future if downtime ever does occur. '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:13, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
:::Currently I'm on a leased line at a different provider than at home. But I will document my dynamic DSL connections and provide some information here soon. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 09:36, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Here we are, I'm online here via "webproxy.ca" right now. My route from Germany to explainxkcd stops somewhere in Chicago (Illinois) in the US [http://www.geoiptool.com/en/?IP=69.22.139.202]:

traceroute to www.explainxkcd.com (108.162.198.131), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
...
3 f-ed4-i.F.DE.NET.DTAG.DE (62.154.14.130) 17.008 ms 17.956 ms 19.323 ms
4 80.157.128.230 (80.157.128.230) 20.428 ms * *
5 xe-1-1-3.r20.frnkge04.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.221) 24.298 ms 25.328 ms 26.540 ms
6 ae-1.r23.amstnl02.nl.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.179) 34.319 ms 17.730 ms 17.855 ms
7 ae-1.r03.amstnl02.nl.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.147) 18.859 ms 20.572 ms 21.711 ms
8 xe-4-0-5.ar1.ams3.nl.nlayer.net (69.22.139.202) 21.740 ms * *
9 * * *
10 * * *
..........

And WHOIS gives me this result (excerpt):
Domain Name: NLAYER.NET
Registry Domain ID: NA
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
Registrar URL: www.enom.com
Creation Date: 2002-12-25 17:52:16Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-12-25 22:52:00Z
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 48
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse at enom.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4252744500
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: GTT ICT
Registrant Organization: GTT
Registrant Street: 8484 WESTPARK DR
Registrant City: MCLEAN
Registrant State/Province: VA
Registrant Postal Code: 22102
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: 1. 1.7034425500
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: 1.
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: ICT@GT-T.NET

At this time I even don't get an error message, my browser is loading... and loading... What is it? I'm reaching the US from Germany but then it stops. A Proxy from Canada works well, what the hell??? NSA or CIA or what? Maybe a Webhoster outside of the US would be better. 22:33, 25 January 2014 (UTC)~ dgbrt
:Uh, it'd be nice if you could also post the results from the link I posted. We kinda need that for troubleshooting the actual server issues. And if you could do it via the setup that you suffered the server issues under, that would be helpful. '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:05, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
::I don't think this is helpful, you just see my proxy is located in Toronto:
fl=15f13
h=explainxkcd.com
ip=192.95.59.247
ts=1390768261.007
visit_scheme=http
uag=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/22.0
colo=DFW
spdy=off
::Much more important is this. My route to this site still stops somewhere in the US (69.22.139.202)
traceroute to www.explainxkcd.com (108.162.198.131), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
......
5 xe-1-1-3.r20.frnkge04.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.221) 25.018 ms 25.705 ms 26.915 ms
6 ae-1.r23.amstnl02.nl.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.179) 40.023 ms 18.255 ms 17.291 ms
7 ae-1.r03.amstnl02.nl.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.147) 18.708 ms 19.898 ms 26.766 ms
8 xe-4-0-5.ar1.ams3.nl.nlayer.net (69.22.139.202) 22.642 ms 23.760 ms 25.257 ms
9 * * *
10 * * *
11 * * *
12 * * *
......
::And uhh, I can't reach your link from home. Just because I cannot connect this site without a proxy. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:46, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
:::More important: '''My BOT will not work''' until this is fixed. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:22, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
::::Try using Google DNS. That looks like an ISP issue. '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 22:46, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Holy crab, I'm back from a three day business trip. I did figure it out, it wasn't an ISP issue at all, it was just a remain at my local configuration attempting to avoid former problems. I was looking on this problem everywhere, but not at my own manual overwrites. Shame on me, Human Error. But this error is still much better than a BOT Error; so I'm hoping my BOT will behave on Friday again like it should do. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:50, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
:My crab, ehh.. bot should perform as before. My sweet eight legged animal did fail, caused by some former chaos here. I'm hoping that future updates will perform as before, even if an update is late. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 23:26, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

== Original transcripts ==

Where can I find the original xkcd transcripts? [[User:MrGameZone|0100011101100001011011010110010101011010011011110110111001100101]] ([[User talk:MrGameZone|talk page]]) 23:32, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
:Look at the HTML source. There is a DIV-tag named "transcript", often, but not always Randall provides a hidden transcript here. And sometimes there are deeper information, helpful for explain.
:I'm using Firefox and the Add-On "Stylish" to show me this content at the comic page itself. The code is:
@namespace url(<nowiki>http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</nowiki>);
@-moz-document domain("xkcd.com") {
#transcript {
display: block !important;
font-variant: normal !important;
}
}
:--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:19, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
::Thank you, now I can see the transcripts. [[User:MrGameZone|0100011101100001011011010110010101011010011011110110111001100101]] ([[User talk:MrGameZone|talk page]]) 18:56, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
:::I'm happy if I can help. And shame on me, I did forget to sign my former post.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:19, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

== Undo button ==
The undo button gives you the version of the page prior to the edit that you hit undo on. When you disagree with one part of an edit, hitting the undo button reverts everything else as well. Don't default to the undo button unless you're absolutely sure that the entire edit is bad. '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 00:14, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
:I'm using the Undo Button only when I do know what I do delete. That's similar to an update here, I'm still trying to avoid an "edit conflict" here. But some actions here don't make me happy here, I don't know if my actions here are welcome. I don't need a thanks, but the latest GIFs were done by my BOT — that main table would not work without my work. My Undo is mostly done on an another Undo without any given reason, if there was a reason I do reply in a proper manner.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 00:30, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
::There's been a fair few cases in the past and with this particular case where you've defaulted to autoreverting an edit when the edit button would have sufficed. Disagreements need not be made personal; it is possible for a disagreement to occur without assuming insult. I track recent changes for vandalism/peacekeeping/comment signing duties and while I don't tend to interfere that often with daily happenings, I have noticed that a healthy portion of arguments have included you. Swearing isn't a strictly appropriate response to a user removing an incomplete tag or rewriting an explanation, even if you strongly disagree with it. try to avoid defaulting to arguing. '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 03:28, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
:::Uhh, I'm back after two days — no time... I don't know if I can check all the recent changes, but I will give a try on the most important ones. The 1331 Frequency table is the first. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:57, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

== Übersetzungen in Deutsch - Translations to German ==

This is a call for help (in German and English):
:DE: Ich versuche die Startseite mit allen Templates zu übersetzen, ist nicht einfach und vielleicht gibt es ja Leute die helfen können.
:EN: I'm trying to translate the main page into German — including all that templates. That's not an easy task, but maybe someone can help.
--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:27, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

== When ==
Hi Dgbrt. This is just a question for my personal curiosity. After seeing [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Randall_Munroe&diff=58669&oldid=51439 this edit], I started wondering whether the use of "when" in that sentence was due to you being a native German speaker. I'm asking because I follow a blog by a Dutch guy who also uses "when" all the time, in sentences where it would make more sense to use "if" instead. Does the equivalent to "when" have extra meanings in Dutch and/or German, outside of the English time-based meaning? 
Cheers, [[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 23:08, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
:Hi Waldir, "if" is more a question about an issue while "when" is more about time. I'm not native English but I'm still trying to learn — Google gives me "if" as "indien" in dutch, and "when" as "wanneer". Since I do know {{w|Plattdeutsch}} I do know many funny misunderstandings belonging even on this simple word. A hurt in English is a pain, in Dutch it is a "pijn", but in German the word "peinlich" doesn't match this meanings at all. I'm doing mistakes on understanding languages, but I still have many fun on exploring. Don't know if (<-NOT WHEN) I did answer your question. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 23:46, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

: Although "when" is "wenn" in German and "if" is "falls", it is very common to use "wenn" for both meanings. Therefore, many Germans (including me) tend to use "when" even <del>when</del><ins>if</ins> they mean "if". Although I don't speak Dutch, I know that it is very similar to German, so it might be the same issue. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.196|108.162.254.196]] 14:57, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

::Using "when" is often a {{w|false friend}} used by Germans, like I did before. In German "wenn" means "when", "if", and more in English; so you have to care about those different words in English. I'm still happy to learn more about the English language, in general it's believed to be more simple than German. But in my opinion this just means that English is much more precise and shorter. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:17, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

::: Thanks guys for the explanations, they were both enlightening and amusing! I just want to clarify that sometimes it ''is'' acceptable to use "when" in English to refer to a general condition rather than a strictly time-based one (as it seems to be the case in German), but the distinction may be subtler/stricter than in German. [http://english.stackexchange.com/a/35164/10804 This answer] explains it well, I think: "If you say 'when' something happens, you imply it definitely will happen, even if the precise timing is unknown. You use 'if' when (!) there's uncertainty about whether the event will happen at all." --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 17:24, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

==Thanks!==

Hi! Despite our slight disagreement regarding the alt text explanation over "Purity", I did want to thank you for going over some of my edits and cleaning them up. The link format here is slightly different than what I'm used to, and it screwed me up. As well, I tend to overuse parenthesis. Don't feel bad about proofreading my edits - I do appreciate it.

If you're confused as to my objection over Purity, I've left a note on the talk page for that comic explaining why I feel what existed before is not sufficient. [[User:Jetman123|Jetman123]] ([[User talk:Jetman123|talk]]) 13:12, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
:I appreciate your thanks. My answer on that specific title text is here: [[Talk:435: Purity]] --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:47, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

== German translation ==

A translation isn't easy at all, my local German page is still mostly in English. It's not easy to figure out the important tamplates, but I did some more enhancements — if the general page does work, the remaining work only belongs to translation (not easy at all).

I think we should start this soon, and because even German people do know English as well there is no need to translate it all. Sometimes just a hint gives a shot. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:05, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

== Your Undo ==

On my talk page, you undid my deletion of a user's message. The reason I deleted the message in the first place was that it wasn't meant for me in particular, but meant to be placed in the discussion for [[1351]]. One reason I think that this was meant to be in that discussion is because this is a) the first time metamaterials were mentioned in xkcd (as far as I know); b) the user said "can anybody link" in their message, asking anybody in particular to help. I doubt people check my talk page for a discussion of an xkcd; and c) I did not start, nor join, nor end any discussion about metamaterials and their validity.

So... I'm just asking if you consider it valid to delete it, or if, in your opinion, I should leave it there (I have already added their (exact) words to the discussion for the comic, so that is already there). {{User:Grep/signature|22:33, 04 April 2014}}

:In general a discussion should not be deleted at all; I could do the same on this topic, too. Furthermore you do invite people to discuss, so just give them a kind reply. This even could be like -> here we go for further talks. But deleting that looks like ignoring this. Your user page proposes something different. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:48, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

::Ah. I understand your point of view, and I agree with it. Thanks! {{User:Grep/signature|19:04, 05 April 2014}}

==Categories for Lorenz==
Hi Dgbrt

Why do you think that obvious categories should not be displayed for Lorenz? See my comment on the talk page. I agree that no input text should give rise to caregories, but what is included in the pictures should. You seem to have accepted color, but Hairy is in most stories wheras only seven panels have colour!

I would use the list below - please explain why not - preferably better than you have so far in the comments on edition or talk page. And also why you should make that ruling?

If you can explain I will stop asking about it. But as of now it was the text below I was ready to add. (I may agree to removing a few - like because the light saber is not ennough for SW...)

Best regards
[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 19:39, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

<nowiki>[[Category:Dynamic comics]]
[[Category:April fool's comics]]
[[Category:Comics with color]]
[[Category:Interactive comics]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Boomerangs]]
[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:Dinosaurs]]
[[Category:Pokémon]]
[[Category:Dreams]]
[[Category:Pokémon]]
[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:Star Wars]]
[[Category:Sharks]]
</nowiki>

:Hi Kynde, thanks for your question before starting an edit-war. If your read my comments at my edits you can see that I don't like this massive category block, just because many more categories had to be added when a new picture is found. Finally we would come up with a category ALL.
:Most images resemble an excerpt of a former comic, this has to be explained. Even you do not avoid chaos because "Pokémon" is twice at your example. I'm looking for simple but straight forward explains.
:--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:12, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

::Hi Dgbrt.I have trouble understanding this sentence that you have used before: ''Most images resemble an excerpt of a former comic'' Can you elaborate or find a different way to say the same so I can follow.
::My example is a cut and paste from my former suggestions and the current - that you accept. So this explains duplicate entries. It would not be registered twice if I now how it works.
::Still you have not answered my questions to why colour is ok? I belive that if everything is included by Randall so should it here. But that is where we disagree.
::Is there a discussion/rule about when to include a category? And if we disagree who should then decide - are you a moderator of this wiki?
::Not to include Hairy is weird! Just saying... [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:22, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

:::Hi Kynde, at my first sentence I tried to explain that most images here at this comic are copies from former comics.
:::Including every category belonging to this comic images would result in a bottom line filling up half of the screen - finally nearly every category had to be included. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:21, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
::::Can you identify all this stories pics as refering to a previous commic - more than you could for any other commic? Then it should be in the explain as you say. But appart from the shark's and the ref to the previous commics title text on blowtorch I can't spot this. So please help with this. As there are almost a thousand comics I am still looking forward to read I can believe you - but would like to see the links.
::::It seems like there has not been added new themes for a while. In that case there would only be the 8 I have listed appart from the only three characters. (Corrected my list above to only include one Pokémon).
::::As the girl has a knit cap on, she seems very distinct - and is not Megan. Has she been seen before - else all pics with her is new. In that case I don't quite see your point. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 22:00, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Please do not edit former posts at the discussion page. Later adds would not make any sense to other readers. So, please keep the original and add a new one to the bottom here. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:22, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
:OK sorry[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 02:58, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Back to your question, I know probably all comics and the pictures are in my mind. But I don't know all the comic numbers or names. Read all the thousand missing comics and try to remember them all; that's my struggle. Maybe Google image search could help. But it's still a bunch of work to find them all. And of course, not every picture belongs to former comics. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:22, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
:I see - that makes sence. I have now put all images foun into categories (I'm indeed an aprils fool and I know it... :-) Hope this makes sence and can help make an almost complete explanation. Seems liek there are not that many new pictures comming along? The themes that equals categoriews should still in my oppinion be added as categories, but I know that you disagree.
:You have still not explained to me why your oppinion on this matter weighs more than others. Maybe there is a good reason (if you are a moderator of these pages?) or if others have the same oppinion - but where can I see that - so far only you comment on this issue.
:I will be away on a holliday with limited computer power, so if I do not answer you for a week it is not because I'm annoyed with your answers ;-) And as you will see I have not added any categories. Best regards [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 02:58, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
::So I wish you happy holidays. But beside of that, I'm not an admin or moderator — I'm just an active editor here looking for standards and clear explanations. A reference to a big part of all comics doesn't make any sense and doesn't explain anything at all. BTW: Try to use a dictionary at your browser, your typos above are ugly. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:19, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
:::It was written late one night on a tablet... Sorry :-) On another note - would you also recomend deleting all the categories of this earlier April fool's commic? [[1037:_Umwelt]] - I would not but it may be longer than what I suggested for Lorenz! There do not seem to be any new images appearing anymore - not since before we wrote the above. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 19:52, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
::::The comic [[1037: Umwelt]] is different because there is a finite number of categories. Lorenz instead would probably end up with every category here, I don't think that this does make any sense. But a hidden category link could be a solution, the Lorenz page would not explode but there would be a link at [[:Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] to this Aprils Fool comic. Maybe that's a solution? --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
::::: Well I do not think that the list of categories could be extended since I wrote to you first more than a month ago. There has not been found any new images so I do think Randall adds more. So it seems finite. All my suggested categories are based on what is in the images - not on what people has written when suggesting a line. Same for the Umwelt. And whi nows how many more versions of umwelt there are which are not acounted for. I do belive your fear for a long list is baseless. And the other BIG commics like [[1110:_Click_and_Drag]] has 14 - I only suggest 11. So to be consistentwe should either delete those or add my suggestions. I think I will do that soon- it makes sence...[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 12:21, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

== [[1330]] Strange Layouts ==

Hi. Wanted to take a crack at completing this strip, but I'm not clear on what needs to be fixed (besides the apparent Megan/Danish issue). What were you referring to when you wrote the incomplete tag? [[User:Castriff|Jimmy C]] ([[User talk:Castriff|talk]]) 15:12, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
:Thanks for your hint. The tag was referring a fix, so I did remove it with some small changes. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:18, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

== 1359 transcript ==

You introduced ambiguity into it by undenting it. Now the ["???"] can appear to come from [alarm goes off] rather than [beep beep beep beep]. Good job. {{unsigned ip|141.101.89.231}}
:Thanks for your hint, but the transcript looks better with only one indent unless there are similar indents at the image. The ways on the flowchart should be shown by text. So feel free to enhance that text. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:25, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

==[[980: Money]]==
Why do you think that the transcript for Money should not include the entire text? This makes no sense at all? I did not include any details or explain, just an explain of where the text was located. This is done in numerous transcripts. I was actually ready to try to make a complete transcript over time - but you just killed the insensitive to that! Let me know exactly why I should not move it back - people may actually be interested in this transcript. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:44, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
:The transcript gives an overview about the main content, but the details would be shown twice so I think the summary by Randall is enough. I did not delete anything, it's now just at the explain section. And it's much more important to enhance that section. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:58, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
::OK - I may agree partially with you - although I always considered the transcript to be of all the text, so you could understand it, even if you had trouble reading it yourself. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:14, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
::I was also considering doing a money transcript page like we have for Lorenz. Maybe the explain section could refer to that, so it would not be so incredibly long. If the headings I have made, were made in to subsections like Game consoles under dollars and Raising a child to age 17 under thousands etc. was on such a full transcript page, then each heading could be referenced from a table on the main page, with an explanation of this and that. And then if you wished to see the numbers and text, you clicked on the title of this part of the table. (Like for instance click and drag has for different parts of the comic.)[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:14, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
::By the way. Where is this original transcript that I have seen people mention several times?[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 19:00, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
::I have now made the transcript page for Money, and have finished the thousand section. The next two are much and much much larger. At least the trillions section is easy to do. I will do that next time I get some time [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 22:22, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

== You win ==
It looks like we have been fighting each other. I mean no offence, but most of the time the explanations you replace of mine are by no means better, I am sorry for the issues with spelling I have introduced, but come on, I restructured the entire articles. I know you hate spelling errors, but i hate incorrect over wordy and vague explanations. As my additions do not seem welcome by you (even though they are a vast improvement) I will bow out gracefully and let you do all the work. I am sure you see this as no loss, and less work for you cleaning up after me, but honestly look at how you changed "1364: Like I'm Five" and say it is better? You win, you get more work. In truth I was able to resolve all the issues on the incomplete tags for over 5 pages in 2 days. English is my first BTW, so I can tell if something is easy enough to understand. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.217.89|108.162.217.89]] 22:38, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
:Dgbrt, I'm quite sure I said a while back that you should hold back from making language edits. Also, read before you delete hunks of text. '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 03:06, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
::@108.162.217.89: I did'n win, I'm more a loser here. If there are any issues here talk to me in detail at that specific page.
::@Davidy22: I do not delete essentials and I really do read it — but an explain still has to focus on the comic. This is not always the case.
::--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:26, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

== DgbrtBOT ==

Did you receive code from Davidy22 regarding DgbrtBOT? He said he was going to send you a fix so that it would begin to categorize the images it uploads with each new comic image.

Also, is there any chance of using the bot to categorize some other images? For example, virtually all of the ones used by [[1190: Time]] need one. {{unsigned ip|Oneforfortytwo}}

:I screwed up and merged it into the last pending push by accident. There should be two commits under it; the second one is the one you want. '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:50, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

::My Bot can't do everything. Categorizing images is not easy for a bot — I can't see an issue on this. Please help me to understand. My bot can do everything but I'm still trying to be at the safe side; it's running every M/W/T while I'm sometimes not online. So any advice is welcome. But I still do not understand this issue, sorry. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:31, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
:::[https://github.com/Davidy22/explainXKCD_update/commit/8d1634df7b90aee57f7cb7738c63d272f94bc804] '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 02:14, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
::::Uhh, maybe I'm too old for this shit ;) The update is done and will become effective on next Monday.
::::But maybe I'm not too old, my bot can do updates to the former pictures. Any need?
::::--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:47, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
:::::Since the picture upload today for [[1409: Query]] did fail this add is deactivated. And I got only an "Error code 3" which means: "An error returned by the MediaWiki API". I will do some tests to figure out the reason for this mishap. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:21, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

== Comics featuring real people ==

Hi Dgbrt. I saw that you deleted the Category: Comics featuring real people from [[1536: The Martian]]. I may tend to agree with this decision. But the "real" people in that comic was the mentioning of Matt Damon, which was why I did not delete it myself. I just made a comment about this here on the [[:Category talk:Comics featuring real people|Talk: Comics featuring real people]] page because I think people use this category in two ways. I'm not sure which way would be more correct. Shall the real-person be part of the comic or is it enough just for hem to be mentioned in the comic. In other featured people categories it is enough for them to be mentioned. See for instance [[:Category:Comics featuring James]]. Maybe that category is also wrongly used/named though? It could have been called something other than featured. (Mentioning James). I'm open for both interpretations of these categories... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:54, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

== Subsections ==

Let's go to the talk page, then. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:36, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Note that you were the one who began destroying the sections. That's violent, too. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:40:22Z

Xhfz: /* Skydiving */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
Have you ever been in a plane?
*No
*Yes

====Skydiving====
Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
*No, but I might someday
*Yes
*No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
*Yes, constantly
*I'm not sure what things you mean
*Yes, occasionally
*No

====Running out of gas====
Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
*Yes
*No

====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball — A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} — A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
*Cooler
*Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
*No
*Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:39:48Z

Xhfz: /* I think we shouldn't force the reader to go to Wikipedia */ new section

Mildly interesting to note that the ordering of most of the checkbox/radiobutton lists randomise each time the survery is loaded. Also, there is at least one other comic where Randall comments about not having figured out HTML imagemaps. Anyone remember which? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 10:52, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:It was in one of his "under the logo" news bars, about him starting What If, iirc --[[User:Aescula|Aescula]] ([[User talk:Aescula|talk]]) 11:28, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
I wonder how many people, on reading 'Type "cat" here:', typed '"cat" here:'? I know I did... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.214|141.101.98.214]] 11:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Guilty...--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 12:08, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Me too... However you could have typed '"cat" here:', as well... (/edit: I wonder how many different entries the survey's result will reveal) (/edit2: I did not read properly... sorry. I typed '"cat"' not '"cat" here:' -.-)[[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 12:27, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: I typed meow -[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.86|141.101.105.86]] 12:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Not sure if it was just me, but the comic wasn't a link at all! The cursor changed into a No cursor for me everytime I mouseover'd the comic. I went to survey using the "Bonus Link!" below the comic page. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:01, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Never mind, this was probably due to the WebComics reader extension that I have in my browser. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:03, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
From hearing people on reddit comment about not being able to completely fill the text box (not just the visual box) with the error "Answer too long", it's caused by a 10k character limit. Presumably by Google Docs. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.192|108.162.249.192]] 13:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

The validation choices are interesting.
* "Enter a number between 1 and 100" rejects numbers outside this range (e.g. -1) but also reject valid responses (e.g. π).
* "Enter your age" and "Enter the number of $SIBLING" accept invalid responses such as -1. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 13:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

"it's possible that someone may be able to identify you by looking at your responses"
Then why send those informations to Google ? I find the idea of thee survey interesting but why Google doc ? There are other options like Lime Survey. [[User:Seipas|Seipas]] ([[User talk:Seipas|talk]]) 13:37, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Given the stated intention to make the collected dataset available publicly, there's no information-security reason to prefer another survey tool over Google. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 14:21, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Not a transcript==
This is mildly interesting, but it is not a transcript. Transcripts are meant mainly for blind people and search engines. Different letter sizes and a frame are not needed. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 12:54, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:{| style="text-align:center; border:1pt black solid;"
|| Introducing '''THE XKCD SURVEY''' A search for weird correlations Note: This survey is anonymous, but all responses will be posted publicly so people can play with the data. '''Click here to''' '''take the survey''' Or click here, or here. The whole comic is a link, because I still haven't gotten the hang of HTML imagemaps. 
|}
::The transcript is not only for blind people. And an enhanced layout doesn't harm them but instead it would help them. A speech synthesizer would tell them something like "headline" or "small text at bottom" so that the impaired people would get a much better feeling of the comic. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:12, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

I wonder how many people included "battery, horse, staple, correct" in the five random words box.
:I typed ');drop table survey; -- at the end of the random characters text box. I must have been the first person to think of that because the survey was still working. [[User:Jeremyp|Jeremyp]] ([[User talk:Jeremyp|talk]]) 13:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Tables Vs Bulleted List ==

The list of questions and possible responses has been added to the explanation by myself and xhfz, in different formats. I went for a wikitable, xhfz used a bulleted list. Rather than just overwrite each other, I think we need to have a discussion on which is the best choice. The reasons I believe a wikitable is the best option:
:*Far better expandability, in anticipation of survey results
:*More structured and neater presentation
In general I tend to lean towards tables, but it is probably a constructive discussion to have for the wiki as a whole. I would be interested to hear opinions of bulleted list vs tables in these types of situation.--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 13:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

If we have a table we need colspan instead of rowspan. On the other hand a table is very difficult to maintain. In addition, the table didn't have space for explanations (another column, maybe). [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 13:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:If you used colspan, questions like "How many of these 20 words do you know" would be excessively wide. Perhaps a combination of colspan and rowspan, or simply a single cell with the responses listed as comma seperated list. As far as adding a column for explanations, its pretty trivial. What I'm getting at is that perhaps the format of a table would need to be optimised, but that is entirely feasible.
:I agree with you as far as tables being more intimidating to edit and maintain, but once set up they aren't that bad.
:Bulleted lists (to me at least) look messy, and tend to lack a coherent structure. As more information is added, sub-levels and sub-sub-levels are added without much thought as to the overall intent. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 14:14, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

By colspan I mean this:
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|colspan="2"|When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
|-
|
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|colspan="2"|Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
|-
|
|Slickle
|-
|
|Rife
|-
|
|Soliloquy
|-
|
|Fination
|-
|
|Stipple
|-
|
|Peristeronic
|-
|
|Modicum
|-
|
|Trephony
|-
|
|Tribution
|-
|colspan="2"|Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
|-
|
|Yes
|-
|
|No
|-
|
|I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
|-
|
|No, but I'm totally doing that now
|}
[[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 14:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Missing questions==
Something notably missing which would have greatly helped later analysis was a question about where someone is - Country and/or State. Some of the questions and answers will be differently understood because of that (eg meaning if 'sandwich') --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.65|141.101.98.65]] 14:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:I think that is the whole point though, to provide a data set that actively attempts to ''prevent'' the obvious simple analysis. There are plenty of statistics on how people from place A are more likely to do thing B. What I want to know is "How many people who would class a taco as a sandwich and can drive stick shift are able to juggle?". Also, is it true that most people think they are above average drivers? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 15:09, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Subsections were added for ease of editing ==

You can delete the subsections later. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:30, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== I think we shouldn't force the reader to go to Wikipedia ==

I added explanations in "Activities" and twice they were deleted. Why? [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1572:_xkcd_Survey&diff=prev&oldid=100879] [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1572%3A_xkcd_Survey&diff=100921&oldid=100920] [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 15:39, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

User talk:Dgbrt

2015-09-02T15:36:04Z

Xhfz: /* Subsections */ new section

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:33:56Z

Xhfz: /* Myers-Briggs */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
Have you ever been in a plane?
*No
*Yes

====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
*Yes, constantly
*I'm not sure what things you mean
*Yes, occasionally
*No

====Running out of gas====
Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
*Yes
*No

====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball — A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} — A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
*Cooler
*Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
*No
*Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:33:09Z

Xhfz: /* Thermostat */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
Have you ever been in a plane?
*No
*Yes

====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
*Yes, constantly
*I'm not sure what things you mean
*Yes, occasionally
*No

====Running out of gas====
Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
*Yes
*No

====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball — A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} — A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
*Cooler
*Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:32:29Z

Xhfz: /* Plane */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
Have you ever been in a plane?
*No
*Yes

====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
*Yes, constantly
*I'm not sure what things you mean
*Yes, occasionally
*No

====Running out of gas====
Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
*Yes
*No

====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball — A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} — A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:31:46Z

Xhfz: /* Running out of gas */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
*Yes, constantly
*I'm not sure what things you mean
*Yes, occasionally
*No

====Running out of gas====
Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
*Yes
*No

====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball — A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} — A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:31:24Z

Xhfz: Subsections were added for ease of editing

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
*Yes, constantly
*I'm not sure what things you mean
*Yes, occasionally
*No

====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball — A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} — A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:30:49Z

Xhfz: /* Floaters */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
*Yes, constantly
*I'm not sure what things you mean
*Yes, occasionally
*No

====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball — A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} — A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:30:13Z

Xhfz: /* Subsections were added for ease of editing */ new section

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:29:35Z

Xhfz: Subsections were added for ease of editing

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball — A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} — A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:23:30Z

Xhfz: /* Activities */ Let's not force the reader to go to Wikipedia. Reinserting explanations

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball — A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} — A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:13:08Z

Xhfz: /* Tables Vs Bulleted List */

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:10:33Z

Xhfz: /* Random words */ Sections

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
Type five random words

''Multi-line text box''
====Flying====
Are you nervous about flying?
*Yes
*A little
*No

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:09:42Z

Xhfz: /* Text editors */ {{w|Editor war}}

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors? — See {{w|Editor war}}
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:08:28Z

Xhfz: /* cat */ Sections

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
Please type "cat" here:

''Single line text box''

====Dreams====
Do you usually remember your dreams?
*No
*Yes

====Text editors====
Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
*Yes
*No

====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T15:06:59Z

Xhfz: /* Toes */ Sections

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
Can you pick things up with your toes?
*No
*Yes
====Age====
How old are you?

''Single line text box''
====Walls====
What color are the walls around you right now?

''Single line text box''

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:53:46Z

Xhfz: /* Flavour preference */ Randall is American

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavor preference====
Which do you prefer?
*Chocolate
*Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|}

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:52:24Z

Xhfz: /* Roll tongue */ {{w|Tongue rolling}}

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
*Yes
*No
*What?
====Toes====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|}

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:49:59Z

Xhfz: /* Tables Vs Bulleted List */

Mildly interesting to note that the ordering of most of the checkbox/radiobutton lists randomise each time the survery is loaded. Also, there is at least one other comic where Randall comments about not having figured out HTML imagemaps. Anyone remember which? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 10:52, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:It was in one of his "under the logo" news bars, about him starting What If, iirc --[[User:Aescula|Aescula]] ([[User talk:Aescula|talk]]) 11:28, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
I wonder how many people, on reading 'Type "cat" here:', typed '"cat" here:'? I know I did... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.214|141.101.98.214]] 11:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Guilty...--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 12:08, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Me too... However you could have typed '"cat" here:', as well... (/edit: I wonder how many different entries the survey's result will reveal) (/edit2: I did not read properly... sorry. I typed '"cat"' not '"cat" here:' -.-)[[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 12:27, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: I typed meow -[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.86|141.101.105.86]] 12:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Not sure if it was just me, but the comic wasn't a link at all! The cursor changed into a No cursor for me everytime I mouseover'd the comic. I went to survey using the "Bonus Link!" below the comic page. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:01, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Never mind, this was probably due to the WebComics reader extension that I have in my browser. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:03, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
From hearing people on reddit comment about not being able to completely fill the text box (not just the visual box) with the error "Answer too long", it's caused by a 10k character limit. Presumably by Google Docs. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.192|108.162.249.192]] 13:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

The validation choices are interesting.
* "Enter a number between 1 and 100" rejects numbers outside this range (e.g. -1) but also reject valid responses (e.g. π).
* "Enter your age" and "Enter the number of $SIBLING" accept invalid responses such as -1. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 13:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

"it's possible that someone may be able to identify you by looking at your responses"
Then why send those informations to Google ? I find the idea of thee survey interesting but why Google doc ? There are other options like Lime Survey. [[User:Seipas|Seipas]] ([[User talk:Seipas|talk]]) 13:37, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Given the stated intention to make the collected dataset available publicly, there's no information-security reason to prefer another survey tool over Google. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 14:21, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Not a transcript==
This is mildly interesting, but it is not a transcript. Transcripts are meant mainly for blind people and search engines. Different letter sizes and a frame are not needed. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 12:54, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:{| style="text-align:center; border:1pt black solid;"
|| Introducing '''THE XKCD SURVEY''' A search for weird correlations Note: This survey is anonymous, but all responses will be posted publicly so people can play with the data. '''Click here to''' '''take the survey''' Or click here, or here. The whole comic is a link, because I still haven't gotten the hang of HTML imagemaps. 
|}
I wonder how many people included "battery, horse, staple, correct" in the five random words box.
:I typed ');drop table survey; -- at the end of the random characters text box. I must have been the first person to think of that because the survey was still working. [[User:Jeremyp|Jeremyp]] ([[User talk:Jeremyp|talk]]) 13:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Tables Vs Bulleted List ==

The list of questions and possible responses has been added to the explanation by myself and xhfz, in different formats. I went for a wikitable, xhfz used a bulleted list. Rather than just overwrite each other, I think we need to have a discussion on which is the best choice. The reasons I believe a wikitable is the best option:
:*Far better expandability, in anticipation of survey results
:*More structured and neater presentation
In general I tend to lean towards tables, but it is probably a constructive discussion to have for the wiki as a whole. I would be interested to hear opinions of bulleted list vs tables in these types of situation.--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 13:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

If we have a table we need colspan instead of rowspan. On the other hand a table is very difficult to maintain. In addition, the table didn't have space for explanations (another column, maybe). [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 13:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:If you used colspan, questions like "How many of these 20 words do you know" would be excessively wide. Perhaps a combination of colspan and rowspan, or simply a single cell with the responses listed as comma seperated list. As far as adding a column for explanations, its pretty trivial. What I'm getting at is that perhaps the format of a table would need to be optimised, but that is entirely feasible.
:I agree with you as far as tables being more intimidating to edit and maintain, but once set up they aren't that bad.
:Bulleted lists (to me at least) look messy, and tend to lack a coherent structure. As more information is added, sub-levels and sub-sub-levels are added without much thought as to the overall intent. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 14:14, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

By colspan I mean this:
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|colspan="2"|When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
|-
|
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|colspan="2"|Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
|-
|
|Slickle
|-
|
|Rife
|-
|
|Soliloquy
|-
|
|Fination
|-
|
|Stipple
|-
|
|Peristeronic
|-
|
|Modicum
|-
|
|Trephony
|-
|
|Tribution
|}
[[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 14:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Missing questions==
Something notably missing which would have greatly helped later analysis was a question about where someone is - Country and/or State. Some of the questions and answers will be differently understood because of that (eg meaning if 'sandwich') --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.65|141.101.98.65]] 14:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:44:07Z

Xhfz: /* Tables Vs Bulleted List */

Mildly interesting to note that the ordering of most of the checkbox/radiobutton lists randomise each time the survery is loaded. Also, there is at least one other comic where Randall comments about not having figured out HTML imagemaps. Anyone remember which? --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 10:52, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:It was in one of his "under the logo" news bars, about him starting What If, iirc --[[User:Aescula|Aescula]] ([[User talk:Aescula|talk]]) 11:28, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
I wonder how many people, on reading 'Type "cat" here:', typed '"cat" here:'? I know I did... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.214|141.101.98.214]] 11:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Guilty...--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 12:08, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Me too... However you could have typed '"cat" here:', as well... (/edit: I wonder how many different entries the survey's result will reveal) (/edit2: I did not read properly... sorry. I typed '"cat"' not '"cat" here:' -.-)[[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 12:27, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: I typed meow -[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.86|141.101.105.86]] 12:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Not sure if it was just me, but the comic wasn't a link at all! The cursor changed into a No cursor for me everytime I mouseover'd the comic. I went to survey using the "Bonus Link!" below the comic page. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:01, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Never mind, this was probably due to the WebComics reader extension that I have in my browser. [[User:Brilliantnut|Brilliantnut]] ([[User talk:Brilliantnut|talk]]) 12:03, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
From hearing people on reddit comment about not being able to completely fill the text box (not just the visual box) with the error "Answer too long", it's caused by a 10k character limit. Presumably by Google Docs. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.192|108.162.249.192]] 13:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

The validation choices are interesting.
* "Enter a number between 1 and 100" rejects numbers outside this range (e.g. -1) but also reject valid responses (e.g. π).
* "Enter your age" and "Enter the number of $SIBLING" accept invalid responses such as -1. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 13:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

"it's possible that someone may be able to identify you by looking at your responses"
Then why send those informations to Google ? I find the idea of thee survey interesting but why Google doc ? There are other options like Lime Survey. [[User:Seipas|Seipas]] ([[User talk:Seipas|talk]]) 13:37, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: Given the stated intention to make the collected dataset available publicly, there's no information-security reason to prefer another survey tool over Google. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 14:21, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Not a transcript==
This is mildly interesting, but it is not a transcript. Transcripts are meant mainly for blind people and search engines. Different letter sizes and a frame are not needed. [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 12:54, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:{| style="text-align:center; border:1pt black solid;"
|| Introducing '''THE XKCD SURVEY''' A search for weird correlations Note: This survey is anonymous, but all responses will be posted publicly so people can play with the data. '''Click here to''' '''take the survey''' Or click here, or here. The whole comic is a link, because I still haven't gotten the hang of HTML imagemaps. 
|}
I wonder how many people included "battery, horse, staple, correct" in the five random words box.
:I typed ');drop table survey; -- at the end of the random characters text box. I must have been the first person to think of that because the survey was still working. [[User:Jeremyp|Jeremyp]] ([[User talk:Jeremyp|talk]]) 13:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== Tables Vs Bulleted List ==

The list of questions and possible responses has been added to the explanation by myself and xhfz, in different formats. I went for a wikitable, xhfz used a bulleted list. Rather than just overwrite each other, I think we need to have a discussion on which is the best choice. The reasons I believe a wikitable is the best option:
:*Far better expandability, in anticipation of survey results
:*More structured and neater presentation
In general I tend to lean towards tables, but it is probably a constructive discussion to have for the wiki as a whole. I would be interested to hear opinions of bulleted list vs tables in these types of situation.--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 13:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

If we have a table we need colspan instead of rowspan. On the other hand a table is very difficult to maintain. In addition, the table didn't have space for explanations (another column, maybe). [[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 13:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

:If you used colspan, questions like "How many of these 20 words do you know" would be excessively wide. Perhaps a combination of colspan and rowspan, or simply a single cell with the responses listed as comma seperated list. As far as adding a column for explanations, its pretty trivial. What I'm getting at is that perhaps the format of a table would need to be optimised, but that is entirely feasible.
:I agree with you as far as tables being more intimidating to edit and maintain, but once set up they aren't that bad.
:Bulleted lists (to me at least) look messy, and tend to lack a coherent structure. As more information is added, sub-levels and sub-sub-levels are added without much thought as to the overall intent. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 14:14, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

By colspan I mean this:
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|colspan="2"|Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
|-
|
|Slickle
|-
|
|Rife
|-
|
|Soliloquy
|-
|
|Fination
|-
|
|Stipple
|-
|
|Peristeronic
|-
|
|Modicum
|-
|
|Trephony
|-
|
|Tribution
|}
[[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 14:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

==Missing questions==
Something notably missing which would have greatly helped later analysis was a question about where someone is - Country and/or State. Some of the questions and answers will be differently understood because of that (eg meaning if 'sandwich') --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.65|141.101.98.65]] 14:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:41:33Z

Xhfz: /* Internet */ Roll tongue

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?

====Roll tongue====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|}

====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:37:40Z

Xhfz: /* Difficult words */ phoropter = N/A

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|}
====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:34:11Z

Xhfz: /* Difficult words */ modicum = 120

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|}
====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:33:10Z

Xhfz: /* Difficult words */ Soliloquy = 150

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|}
====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:30:03Z

Xhfz: /* Difficult words */ Dictionary.com has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels)

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|}
====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels). We add it at the right of the words that have it
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] — [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:24:27Z

Xhfz: /* Difficult words */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|}
====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
*Slickle
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
*Fination
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
*Trephony
*Tribution
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
*Unitory
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
*Revergent
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
*Cadine
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:22:50Z

Xhfz: /* Internet */ Cell phone

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|}
====Cell phone====
What kind of cell phone do you have?
*{{w|iPhone}}
*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
*Other smartphone
*Non-smartphone
*I don't have a cell phone
====Eating====
What's the last thing you ate?
*''Single line text box''

====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:19:11Z

Xhfz: /* Favorite number */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:18:44Z

Xhfz: /* Beverages */ Format and sections

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
Which of these do you regularly drink?
*Caffeinated soda — e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
*Noncaffeinated soda
*Coffee
*Fruit juice
*Milk
*Beer
*Wine
*Tea
*{{w|Maple syrup}} — This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
*Water

====Random words====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
**''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
**Open-faced sandwich
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
**{{w|Calzone}}
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
**{{w|Taco}}
**{{w|Hamburger}}
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Animal affinity====
*Which of these describes you?
**Dog person
**Cat person
**Half-cat half-person
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
''Multiple selections allowed''

====Sense of direction====
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
**Yes
**No

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:15:56Z

Xhfz: /* Emoji */ Angry face

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)

====Myers-Briggs====
*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
**No
**Yes

====Astrology====
*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
**No
**Yes

====Siblings====
*How many older siblings do you have?
*How many younger siblings do you have?
*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

====Sleepiness====
*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
**Yes
**No

====Movie star====
*Name a movie star
** ''Text box''
====Time in sun====
*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
**Yes
**No

====Broccoli====
*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
**Yes
**I've never had it
**No

====Wakefulness====
*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
**Yes
**No

====Keyboard mashing====
*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
**''Multi-line text box''

====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠 — Unicode 1f620 Angry face
*Positive ☺ — Unicode 263a White smiling face
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
*Does it ever snow where you live?
**No
**Yes

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="10"|Which of these do you regularly drink?
|Caffeinated soda
|-
|Noncaffeinated soda
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Fruit juice
|-
|Milk
|-
|Beer
|-
|Wine
|-
|Tea
|-
|Maple syrup
|-
|Water
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
**''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''

====Sandwich====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="7"|Which of these would you consider a sandwich?
|Sub/Hoagie
|-
|Open-faced sandwich
|-
|Cheesesteak
|-
|Calzone
|-
|Quesadilla
|-
|Taco
|-
|Hamburger
|-
|rowspan="5"|Which of these describes you?
|Dog person
|-
|Cat person
|-
|Half-cat half-person
|-
|Part of a subterranean race of dog people
|-
|Literally named "Catherine Person"
|-
|rowspan="2"|Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:12:03Z

Xhfz: /* Emoji */ Positive ☺

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}
*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
**Cooler
**Warmer

====Clothing====
What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?

====Colds====
*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
**No
**Yes
====Number====
*Pick a number from 1 to 100

====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you?
====Myers-Briggs====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your astrological sign?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How many older siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|Please enter a number
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many younger siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many twin/etc siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you feel sleepy a lot?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Name a movie star
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|Does broccoli taste bitter to you?
|Yes
|-
|I've never had it
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|}
====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
*Do you have any food allergies?
**No
**Yes

====Thunder====
*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
**Yes
**No

====Flavour preference====
*Which do you prefer?
**Chocolate
**Vanilla

====Number (reprise)====
*Pick another number from 1 to 100

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠
*Positive ☺
*Neutral 😐

====Snow====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Does it ever snow where you live?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|}

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="10"|Which of these do you regularly drink?
|Caffeinated soda
|-
|Noncaffeinated soda
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Fruit juice
|-
|Milk
|-
|Beer
|-
|Wine
|-
|Tea
|-
|Maple syrup
|-
|Water
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
====Sandwich====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="7"|Which of these would you consider a sandwich?
|Sub/Hoagie
|-
|Open-faced sandwich
|-
|Cheesesteak
|-
|Calzone
|-
|Quesadilla
|-
|Taco
|-
|Hamburger
|-
|rowspan="5"|Which of these describes you?
|Dog person
|-
|Cat person
|-
|Half-cat half-person
|-
|Part of a subterranean race of dog people
|-
|Literally named "Catherine Person"
|-
|rowspan="2"|Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T14:04:32Z

Xhfz: /* cat */ Emoji

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image state, it links to a [http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw survey] created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No

====The Dress====
*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
====Popular food====
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
====Floaters====
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
====Running out of gas====
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
====Animals====
*Name the first five animals you can think of
====Weather====
*What's the weather like where you are right now?

====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
*Roller skate
*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
*Ice skate
*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*{{w|Unicycle}}
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
|Cooler
|-
|Warmer
|-
|What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you get colds often?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|Pick a number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you?
====Myers-Briggs====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your astrological sign?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How many older siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|Please enter a number
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many younger siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many twin/etc siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you feel sleepy a lot?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Name a movie star
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|Does broccoli taste bitter to you?
|Yes
|-
|I've never had it
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|}
====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have any food allergies?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Which do you prefer?
|Chocolate
|-
|Vanilla
|-
|Pick another number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|}
====Emoji====
How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
*Negative 😠
*Positive 😊
*Neutral 😐
====Snow====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Does it ever snow where you live?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|}

====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="10"|Which of these do you regularly drink?
|Caffeinated soda
|-
|Noncaffeinated soda
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Fruit juice
|-
|Milk
|-
|Beer
|-
|Wine
|-
|Tea
|-
|Maple syrup
|-
|Water
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
====Sandwich====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="7"|Which of these would you consider a sandwich?
|Sub/Hoagie
|-
|Open-faced sandwich
|-
|Cheesesteak
|-
|Calzone
|-
|Quesadilla
|-
|Taco
|-
|Hamburger
|-
|rowspan="5"|Which of these describes you?
|Dog person
|-
|Cat person
|-
|Half-cat half-person
|-
|Part of a subterranean race of dog people
|-
|Literally named "Catherine Person"
|-
|rowspan="2"|Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:53:06Z

Xhfz: /* Socks or underwear */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image state, it links to a [http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw survey] created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been skydiving? — See {{w|Parachuting}}
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No
====The Dress====
*When you first saw The Dress, what color was it? — See {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)}} (and the comic: [[1492: Dress Color]]).
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
*Name the first five animals you can think of
*What's the weather like where you are right now?
====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*Dunk a basketball — A "{{w|slam dunk}}" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a sheet bend or bowline — A {{w|sheet bend}} is a knot that joins two ropes together; A {{w|bowline}} is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a Rubik's cube
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*Skateboard
*Walk on stilts — {{w|Stilts}} are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*Unicycle
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back handspring — A {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
|Cooler
|-
|Warmer
|-
|What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you get colds often?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|Pick a number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you?
====Myers-Briggs====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your astrological sign?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How many older siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|Please enter a number
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many younger siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many twin/etc siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you feel sleepy a lot?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Name a movie star
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|Does broccoli taste bitter to you?
|Yes
|-
|I've never had it
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|}
====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have any food allergies?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Which do you prefer?
|Chocolate
|-
|Vanilla
|-
|Pick another number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|How do you feel about emoji?
|Negative 😠
|-
|Positive 😊
|-
|Neutral 😐
|-
|rowspan="2"|Does it ever snow where you live?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|}
====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="10"|Which of these do you regularly drink?
|Caffeinated soda
|-
|Noncaffeinated soda
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Fruit juice
|-
|Milk
|-
|Beer
|-
|Wine
|-
|Tea
|-
|Maple syrup
|-
|Water
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
====Sandwich====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="7"|Which of these would you consider a sandwich?
|Sub/Hoagie
|-
|Open-faced sandwich
|-
|Cheesesteak
|-
|Calzone
|-
|Quesadilla
|-
|Taco
|-
|Hamburger
|-
|rowspan="5"|Which of these describes you?
|Dog person
|-
|Cat person
|-
|Half-cat half-person
|-
|Part of a subterranean race of dog people
|-
|Literally named "Catherine Person"
|-
|rowspan="2"|Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Socks or underwear====
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
*Yes
*No
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
*No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:52:27Z

Xhfz: /* Activities */ Format

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image state, it links to a [http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw survey] created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been skydiving? — See {{w|Parachuting}}
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No
====The Dress====
*When you first saw The Dress, what color was it? — See {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)}} (and the comic: [[1492: Dress Color]]).
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
*Name the first five animals you can think of
*What's the weather like where you are right now?
====Activities====
Which of these can you do reasonably well?

(Check all that apply)
*Dunk a basketball — A "{{w|slam dunk}}" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
*Tie a sheet bend or bowline — A {{w|sheet bend}} is a knot that joins two ropes together; A {{w|bowline}} is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
*Roller skate
*Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
*Solve a Rubik's cube
*Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
*Ice skate
*Skateboard
*Walk on stilts — {{w|Stilts}} are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
*Ski
*Cut vegetables with a knife
*Swim
*Ride a horse
*Unicycle
*Change the oil on a car
*Do a back handspring — A {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
*Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.
*Run in high heels

====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
|Cooler
|-
|Warmer
|-
|What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you get colds often?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|Pick a number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you?
====Myers-Briggs====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your astrological sign?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How many older siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|Please enter a number
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many younger siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many twin/etc siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you feel sleepy a lot?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Name a movie star
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|Does broccoli taste bitter to you?
|Yes
|-
|I've never had it
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|}
====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have any food allergies?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Which do you prefer?
|Chocolate
|-
|Vanilla
|-
|Pick another number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|How do you feel about emoji?
|Negative 😠
|-
|Positive 😊
|-
|Neutral 😐
|-
|rowspan="2"|Does it ever snow where you live?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|}
====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="10"|Which of these do you regularly drink?
|Caffeinated soda
|-
|Noncaffeinated soda
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Fruit juice
|-
|Milk
|-
|Beer
|-
|Wine
|-
|Tea
|-
|Maple syrup
|-
|Water
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
====Sandwich====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="7"|Which of these would you consider a sandwich?
|Sub/Hoagie
|-
|Open-faced sandwich
|-
|Cheesesteak
|-
|Calzone
|-
|Quesadilla
|-
|Taco
|-
|Hamburger
|-
|rowspan="5"|Which of these describes you?
|Dog person
|-
|Cat person
|-
|Half-cat half-person
|-
|Part of a subterranean race of dog people
|-
|Literally named "Catherine Person"
|-
|rowspan="2"|Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Socks or underwear====
*Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
**Yes
**No
**I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
**No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:51:33Z

Xhfz: /* Activities */ New sections

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image state, it links to a [http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw survey] created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been skydiving? — See {{w|Parachuting}}
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No
====The Dress====
*When you first saw The Dress, what color was it? — See {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)}} (and the comic: [[1492: Dress Color]]).
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
*Name the first five animals you can think of
*What's the weather like where you are right now?
====Activities====
*Which of these can you do reasonably well? (Check all that apply)
**Dunk a basketball — A "{{w|slam dunk}}" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
**Tie a sheet bend or bowline — A {{w|sheet bend}} is a knot that joins two ropes together; A {{w|bowline}} is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
**Roller skate
**Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
**Solve a Rubik's cube
**Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
**Ice skate
**Skateboard
**Walk on stilts — {{w|Stilts}} are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
**Ski
**Cut vegetables with a knife
**Swim
**Ride a horse
**Unicycle
**Change the oil on a car
**Do a back handspring — A {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
**Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.
**Run in high heels
====Spelling====
What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
====Condiments====
Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
*No
*Yes

====Thermostat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
|Cooler
|-
|Warmer
|-
|What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you get colds often?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|Pick a number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you?
====Myers-Briggs====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your astrological sign?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How many older siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|Please enter a number
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many younger siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many twin/etc siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you feel sleepy a lot?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Name a movie star
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|Does broccoli taste bitter to you?
|Yes
|-
|I've never had it
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|}
====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have any food allergies?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Which do you prefer?
|Chocolate
|-
|Vanilla
|-
|Pick another number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|How do you feel about emoji?
|Negative 😠
|-
|Positive 😊
|-
|Neutral 😐
|-
|rowspan="2"|Does it ever snow where you live?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|}
====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="10"|Which of these do you regularly drink?
|Caffeinated soda
|-
|Noncaffeinated soda
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Fruit juice
|-
|Milk
|-
|Beer
|-
|Wine
|-
|Tea
|-
|Maple syrup
|-
|Water
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
====Sandwich====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="7"|Which of these would you consider a sandwich?
|Sub/Hoagie
|-
|Open-faced sandwich
|-
|Cheesesteak
|-
|Calzone
|-
|Quesadilla
|-
|Taco
|-
|Hamburger
|-
|rowspan="5"|Which of these describes you?
|Dog person
|-
|Cat person
|-
|Half-cat half-person
|-
|Part of a subterranean race of dog people
|-
|Literally named "Catherine Person"
|-
|rowspan="2"|Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Socks or underwear====
*Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
**Yes
**No
**I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
**No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:50:36Z

Xhfz: /* Tables Vs Bulleted List */

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:49:49Z

Xhfz: /* cat */ Sections

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image state, it links to a [http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw survey] created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been skydiving? — See {{w|Parachuting}}
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No
====The Dress====
*When you first saw The Dress, what color was it? — See {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)}} (and the comic: [[1492: Dress Color]]).
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
*Name the first five animals you can think of
*What's the weather like where you are right now?
====Activities====
*Which of these can you do reasonably well? (Check all that apply)
**Dunk a basketball — A "{{w|slam dunk}}" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
**Tie a sheet bend or bowline — A {{w|sheet bend}} is a knot that joins two ropes together; A {{w|bowline}} is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
**Roller skate
**Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
**Solve a Rubik's cube
**Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
**Ice skate
**Skateboard
**Walk on stilts — {{w|Stilts}} are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
**Ski
**Cut vegetables with a knife
**Swim
**Ride a horse
**Unicycle
**Change the oil on a car
**Do a back handspring — A {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
**Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.
**Run in high heels
*What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
*Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
**No
**Yes
====Thermostat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
|Cooler
|-
|Warmer
|-
|What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you get colds often?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|Pick a number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you?
====Myers-Briggs====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your astrological sign?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How many older siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|Please enter a number
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many younger siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many twin/etc siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you feel sleepy a lot?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Name a movie star
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|Does broccoli taste bitter to you?
|Yes
|-
|I've never had it
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|}
====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have any food allergies?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Which do you prefer?
|Chocolate
|-
|Vanilla
|-
|Pick another number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|How do you feel about emoji?
|Negative 😠
|-
|Positive 😊
|-
|Neutral 😐
|-
|rowspan="2"|Does it ever snow where you live?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|}
====Taste of food====
Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
*Eggs
*Chocolate ice cream
*Beer
*White wine
*Carbonation — Fizz
*Red wine
*Cilantro
*Coffee
*Tomatoes
*Yogurt
====Beverages====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="10"|Which of these do you regularly drink?
|Caffeinated soda
|-
|Noncaffeinated soda
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Fruit juice
|-
|Milk
|-
|Beer
|-
|Wine
|-
|Tea
|-
|Maple syrup
|-
|Water
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Favorite number====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
====Sandwich====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="7"|Which of these would you consider a sandwich?
|Sub/Hoagie
|-
|Open-faced sandwich
|-
|Cheesesteak
|-
|Calzone
|-
|Quesadilla
|-
|Taco
|-
|Hamburger
|-
|rowspan="5"|Which of these describes you?
|Dog person
|-
|Cat person
|-
|Half-cat half-person
|-
|Part of a subterranean race of dog people
|-
|Literally named "Catherine Person"
|-
|rowspan="2"|Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Socks or underwear====
*Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
**Yes
**No
**I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
**No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:46:53Z

Xhfz: /* Tables Vs Bulleted List */

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:46:38Z

Xhfz: /* Tables Vs Bulleted List */

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:45:53Z

Xhfz: /* Tables Vs Bulleted List */

Talk:1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:44:58Z

Xhfz: /* Tables Vs Bulleted List */

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:43:42Z

Xhfz: /* cat */ Deleting list of numbers from 1 to 5

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image state, it links to a [http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw survey] created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been skydiving? — See {{w|Parachuting}}
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No
====The Dress====
*When you first saw The Dress, what color was it? — See {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)}} (and the comic: [[1492: Dress Color]]).
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
*Name the first five animals you can think of
*What's the weather like where you are right now?
====Activities====
*Which of these can you do reasonably well? (Check all that apply)
**Dunk a basketball — A "{{w|slam dunk}}" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
**Tie a sheet bend or bowline — A {{w|sheet bend}} is a knot that joins two ropes together; A {{w|bowline}} is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
**Roller skate
**Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
**Solve a Rubik's cube
**Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
**Ice skate
**Skateboard
**Walk on stilts — {{w|Stilts}} are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
**Ski
**Cut vegetables with a knife
**Swim
**Ride a horse
**Unicycle
**Change the oil on a car
**Do a back handspring — A {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
**Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.
**Run in high heels
*What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
*Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
**No
**Yes
====Thermostat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
|Cooler
|-
|Warmer
|-
|What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you get colds often?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|Pick a number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you?
====Myers-Briggs====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your astrological sign?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How many older siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|Please enter a number
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many younger siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many twin/etc siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you feel sleepy a lot?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Name a movie star
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|Does broccoli taste bitter to you?
|Yes
|-
|I've never had it
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|}
====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have any food allergies?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Which do you prefer?
|Chocolate
|-
|Vanilla
|-
|Pick another number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|How do you feel about emoji?
|Negative 😠
|-
|Positive 😊
|-
|Neutral 😐
|-
|rowspan="2"|Does it ever snow where you live?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="10"|Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
|Eggs
|-
|Chocolate ice cream
|-
|Beer
|-
|White wine
|-
|Carbonation
|-
|Red wine
|-
|Cilantro
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Tomatoes
|-
|Yogurt
|-
|rowspan="10"|Which of these do you regularly drink?
|Caffeinated soda
|-
|Noncaffeinated soda
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Fruit juice
|-
|Milk
|-
|Beer
|-
|Wine
|-
|Tea
|-
|Maple syrup
|-
|Water
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|}
====Favorite number====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
====Sandwich====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="7"|Which of these would you consider a sandwich?
|Sub/Hoagie
|-
|Open-faced sandwich
|-
|Cheesesteak
|-
|Calzone
|-
|Quesadilla
|-
|Taco
|-
|Hamburger
|-
|rowspan="5"|Which of these describes you?
|Dog person
|-
|Cat person
|-
|Half-cat half-person
|-
|Part of a subterranean race of dog people
|-
|Literally named "Catherine Person"
|-
|rowspan="2"|Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Socks or underwear====
*Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
**Yes
**No
**I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
**No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]

1572: xkcd Survey

2015-09-02T13:41:36Z

Xhfz: /* Myers-Briggs */ Deleting list of numbers from 1 to 5

{{comic
| number = 1572
| date = September 2, 2015
| title = xkcd Survey
| image = xkcd_survey.png
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}

As the comic image state, it links to a [http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw survey] created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."

The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.

This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
===Survey===
Explanations after the dash.

Subsections were added for ease of editing
====Plane====
*Have you ever been in a plane?
**No
**Yes
====Skydiving====
*Have you ever been skydiving? — See {{w|Parachuting}}
**No, but I might someday
**Yes
**No
====The Dress====
*When you first saw The Dress, what color was it? — See {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)}} (and the comic: [[1492: Dress Color]]).
**White and gold
**A color combination not listed here
**I don't remember
**Blue and black
**What dress?
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
**Yes, constantly
**I'm not sure what things you mean
**Yes, occasionally
**No
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
**Yes
**No
*Name the first five animals you can think of
*What's the weather like where you are right now?
====Activities====
*Which of these can you do reasonably well? (Check all that apply)
**Dunk a basketball — A "{{w|slam dunk}}" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
**Tie a sheet bend or bowline — A {{w|sheet bend}} is a knot that joins two ropes together; A {{w|bowline}} is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope
**Roller skate
**Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
**Solve a Rubik's cube
**Dive headfirst off a diving board — See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
**Ice skate
**Skateboard
**Walk on stilts — {{w|Stilts}} are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
**Ski
**Cut vegetables with a knife
**Swim
**Ride a horse
**Unicycle
**Change the oil on a car
**Do a back handspring — A {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} is an excercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
**Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.
**Run in high heels
*What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
*Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?
**No
**Yes
====Thermostat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...
|Cooler
|-
|Warmer
|-
|What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you get colds often?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|Pick a number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Spelling====
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you?
====Myers-Briggs====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you know your astrological sign?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How many older siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|Please enter a number
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many younger siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|How many twin/etc siblings do you have?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you feel sleepy a lot?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Name a movie star
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|Does broccoli taste bitter to you?
|Yes
|-
|I've never had it
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|}
====Driving====
*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
====Allergies====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have any food allergies?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|Which do you prefer?
|Chocolate
|-
|Vanilla
|-
|Pick another number from 1 to 100
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}

====Internet====
*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|rowspan="3"|Can you roll your tongue?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|What?
|-
|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|How old are you?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|What color are the walls around you right now?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="5"|What kind of cell phone do you have?
|iPhone
|-
|Android
|-
|Other smartphone
|-
|Non-smartphone
|-
|I don't have a cell phone
|-
|What's the last thing you ate?
|''Single line text box''
|-
|}
====Difficult words====
*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
**Slickle
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy]
**Fination
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum]
**Trephony
**Tribution
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter]
**Unitory
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
**Revergent
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
**Cadine
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]

====cat====
{| class="wikitable"
!Question
!Possible Answers
|-
|Please type "cat" here:
|''Single line text box''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="3"|How do you feel about emoji?
|Negative 😠
|-
|Positive 😊
|-
|Neutral 😐
|-
|rowspan="2"|Does it ever snow where you live?
|No
|-
|Yes
|-
|rowspan="10"|Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
|Eggs
|-
|Chocolate ice cream
|-
|Beer
|-
|White wine
|-
|Carbonation
|-
|Red wine
|-
|Cilantro
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Tomatoes
|-
|Yogurt
|-
|rowspan="10"|Which of these do you regularly drink?
|Caffeinated soda
|-
|Noncaffeinated soda
|-
|Coffee
|-
|Fruit juice
|-
|Milk
|-
|Beer
|-
|Wine
|-
|Tea
|-
|Maple syrup
|-
|Water
|-
|Type five random words
|''Multi-line text box''
|-
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?
|Yes
|-
|A little
|-
|No
|-
|rowspan="5"|On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
|1
|-
|2
|-
|3
|-
|4
|-
|5
|-
|rowspan="7"|Which of these would you consider a sandwich?
|Sub/Hoagie
|-
|Open-faced sandwich
|-
|Cheesesteak
|-
|Calzone
|-
|Quesadilla
|-
|Taco
|-
|Hamburger
|-
|rowspan="5"|Which of these describes you?
|Dog person
|-
|Cat person
|-
|Half-cat half-person
|-
|Part of a subterranean race of dog people
|-
|Literally named "Catherine Person"
|-
|rowspan="2"|Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
|Yes
|-
|No
|-
|}

====Socks or underwear====
*Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
**Yes
**No
**I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
**No, but I'm totally doing that now

==See also==
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03

==Transcript==
:Introducing
:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''
:A search for weird correlations
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
: all responses will be posted publicly 
:so people can play with the data.
:'''Click here to'''
:'''take the survey'''
:Or click here, or here.
:The whole comic is a link,
:because I still haven't gotten
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics with color]]