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| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet | | titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet | ||
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− | *The comic | + | *The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw. |
==Explanation== | ==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==== | |
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*Have you ever been in a plane? | *Have you ever been in a plane? | ||
**No | **No | ||
**Yes | **Yes | ||
− | + | ====Skydiving==== | |
− | ===Skydiving=== | ||
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}? | *Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}? | ||
**No, but I might someday | **No, but I might someday | ||
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**No | **No | ||
− | ===The Dress=== | + | ====The Dress==== |
− | *When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? | + | *When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — Also see [[1492: Dress Color]]. |
**White and gold | **White and gold | ||
**A color combination not listed here | **A color combination not listed here | ||
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**Blue and black | **Blue and black | ||
**What dress? | **What dress? | ||
− | + | ====Popular food==== | |
− | ===Popular food=== | ||
*What's a really popular food that you don't like? | *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==== |
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− | ===Running out of gas=== | ||
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it? | *Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it? | ||
**Yes | **Yes | ||
**No | **No | ||
− | + | ====Animals==== | |
− | ===Animals=== | ||
*Name the first five animals you can think of | *Name the first five animals you can think of | ||
− | + | ====Weather==== | |
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− | ===Weather=== | ||
*What's the weather like where you are right now? | *What's the weather like where you are right now? | ||
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− | ===Activities=== | + | ====Activities==== |
− | + | Which of these can you do reasonably well? | |
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− | + | (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. | ||
− | ===Condiments=== | + | ====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=== | + | ====Thermostat==== |
− | *When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be... | + | *When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ... |
− | **Cooler | + | **Cooler |
**Warmer | **Warmer | ||
− | ===Clothing=== | + | ====Clothing==== |
− | + | What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any? | |
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− | ===Colds=== | + | ====Colds==== |
− | *Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often? | + | *Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often? |
− | **No | + | **No |
− | **Yes | + | **Yes |
− | + | ====Number==== | |
− | ===Number=== | ||
*Pick a number from 1 to 100 | *Pick a number from 1 to 100 | ||
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− | ===Spelling=== | + | ====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.) | *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.) | ||
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− | ===Myers-Briggs=== | + | ====Myers-Briggs==== |
− | *Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}? | + | *Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}? |
− | **No | + | **No |
− | **Yes | + | **Yes |
− | ===Astrology=== | + | ====Astrology==== |
− | *Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}? | + | *Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}? |
− | **No | + | **No |
− | **Yes | + | **Yes |
− | ===Siblings=== | + | ====Siblings==== |
− | *How many older siblings do you have? | + | *How many older siblings do you have? |
− | + | *How many younger siblings do you have? | |
− | *How many younger siblings do you have? | + | *How many twin/etc siblings do you have? |
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− | *How many twin/etc siblings do you have? | ||
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− | ===Sleepiness=== | + | ====Sleepiness==== |
− | *Do you feel sleepy a lot? | + | *Do you feel sleepy a lot? |
− | **Yes | + | **Yes |
− | **No | + | **No |
− | ===Movie star=== | + | ====Movie star==== |
*Name a movie star | *Name a movie star | ||
− | **''Text box'' | + | ** ''Text box'' |
+ | ====Time in sun==== | ||
+ | *Do you spend a lot of time in the sun? | ||
+ | **Yes | ||
+ | **No | ||
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+ | ====Broccoli==== | ||
+ | *Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you? | ||
+ | **Yes | ||
+ | **I've never had it | ||
+ | **No | ||
− | === | + | ====Wakefulness==== |
− | *Do you | + | *Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to? |
− | **Yes | + | **Yes |
− | **No | + | **No |
− | === | + | ====Keyboard mashing==== |
− | * | + | *Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys |
− | ** | + | **''Multi-line text box'' |
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− | === | + | ====Driving==== |
− | *Do you | + | *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 |
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− | === | + | ====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? |
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− | === | + | ====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'' | |
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− | === | + | ====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? | |
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− | + | [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: | |
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− | + | ''Single line text box'' | |
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− | === | + | ====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 | |
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− | === | + | ====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 | + | **No |
**Yes | **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 | |
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− | === | + | ''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'' |
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− | === | + | ====Sandwich==== |
− | *Which of these | + | *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'' | |
− | **{{w| | ||
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− | === | + | ====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 | + | **Yes |
**No | **No | ||
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− | === | + | ====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 |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Introducing | :Introducing | ||
− | :''' | + | :'''THE XKCD SURVEY''' |
− | :A search for weird correlations | + | :A search for weird correlations |
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but | :Note: This survey is anonymous, but | ||
:<font color="red"> all responses will be posted publicly </font> | :<font color="red"> all responses will be posted publicly </font> | ||
:so people can play with the data. | :so people can play with the data. | ||
− | :'''Click here to''' | + | :'''Click here to''' |
:'''take the survey''' | :'''take the survey''' | ||
− | :Or click here, or here. | + | :Or click here, or here. |
− | :The whole comic is a link, | + | :The whole comic is a link, |
− | :because I still haven't gotten | + | :because I still haven't gotten |
:the hang of HTML imagemaps. | :the hang of HTML imagemaps. | ||