Talk:2419: Hug Count - Revision history

162.158.155.82: Added my statistical analysis

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Added my statistical analysis

Fyndegil at 19:32, 26 February 2021

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Hkmaly at 13:53, 3 February 2021

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Pi one: c

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Barmar at 18:13, 2 February 2021

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Barmar at 18:13, 2 February 2021

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Char Latte49 at 17:18, 2 February 2021

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162.158.78.108 at 12:42, 2 February 2021

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108.162.237.134 at 09:22, 2 February 2021

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188.114.102.22 at 04:05, 2 February 2021

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	:It's sad about 2020, but appears to be hopeful about 2021. He already has 2 hug in the first month. If that trend continues, it should end up being an average year. And it may accelerate as more people are vaccinated. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 18:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)		:It's sad about 2020, but appears to be hopeful about 2021. He already has 2 hug in the first month. If that trend continues, it should end up being an average year. And it may accelerate as more people are vaccinated. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 18:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
	:: If he has a small set of people he can get hug under Covid rules, likely he'd hug them early in the year, and the number would look normal at first but then not increase much in later months. Just saying: hope is good, yes, but the number of hugs in January doesn't really mean much. --[[User:Pi one\|Pi one]] ([[User talk:Pi one\|talk]]) 19:23, 2 February 2021 (UTC)		:: If he has a small set of people he can get hug under Covid rules, likely he'd hug them early in the year, and the number would look normal at first but then not increase much in later months. Just saying: hope is good, yes, but the number of hugs in January doesn't really mean much. --[[User:Pi one\|Pi one]] ([[User talk:Pi one\|talk]]) 19:23, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
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		+	I did a quick statistical analysis of that, and neither 2020 nor 2021 are an outlier (above lower fence), but 2020 is unusual (z-score of -2.05)[[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.82\|162.158.155.82]] 21:45, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

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	No citation. Is this Randall's personal chart, do you figure? [[User:Ekedolphin\|Ekedolphin]] ([[User talk:Ekedolphin\|talk]]) 00:18, 2 February 2021 (UTC)		No citation. Is this Randall's personal chart, do you figure? [[User:Ekedolphin\|Ekedolphin]] ([[User talk:Ekedolphin\|talk]]) 00:18, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
		+	:The title text would certainly suggest so. [[User:Fyndegil\|Fyndegil]] ([[User talk:Fyndegil\|talk]]) 19:32, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

	2007 was the year of the xkcd meetup, which involved a lot of hugs, some of which may have involved Randall. Randall also moved from Virginia to Massachusetts that year, which may have resulted in separate small groups of people hugged in the same year. (Both of these facts are mentioned in his blog post from that October 1st.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.56\|108.162.219.56]] 01:35, 2 February 2021 (UTC)		2007 was the year of the xkcd meetup, which involved a lot of hugs, some of which may have involved Randall. Randall also moved from Virginia to Massachusetts that year, which may have resulted in separate small groups of people hugged in the same year. (Both of these facts are mentioned in his blog post from that October 1st.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.56\|108.162.219.56]] 01:35, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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 Mine is between 0-3 every year since 4th grade. Primarily my sister, my mother, and now my niece. I am nearly old enough now to go through a midlife crisis. Any other true anti-social people here just now realizing how little you get out? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.134|108.162.237.134]] 09:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 :I'm probably in the 10-15 range most years, but around 5 for the past year. Being mostly confined to the house really hasn't bothered me, though, so I might well qualify as anti-social... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.108|162.158.78.108]] 12:42, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 Whether or not this is significantly less for some people or not, it's still sad for me. Of course, being an extrovert might have impacted that, but to me, it just represents everything, in general, that's happened. [[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]]
 :It's sad about 2020, but appears to be hopeful about 2021. He already has 2 hug in the first month. If that trend continues, it should end up being an average year. And it may accelerate as more people are vaccinated. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 18:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 :: If he has a small set of people he can get hug under Covid rules, likely he'd hug them early in the year, and the number would look normal at first but then not increase much in later months.  Just saying: hope is good, yes, but the number of hugs in January doesn't really mean much. --[[User:Pi one|Pi one]] ([[User talk:Pi one|talk]]) 19:23, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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	Whether or not this is significantly less for some people or not, it's still sad for me. Of course, being an extrovert might have impacted that, but to me, it just represents everything, in general, that's happened. [[User:Char Latte49\|Char Latte49]]		Whether or not this is significantly less for some people or not, it's still sad for me. Of course, being an extrovert might have impacted that, but to me, it just represents everything, in general, that's happened. [[User:Char Latte49\|Char Latte49]]
	:It's sad about 2020, but appears to be hopeful about 2021. He already has 2 hug in the first month. If that trend continues, it should end up being an average year. And it may accelerate as more people are vaccinated. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 18:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)		:It's sad about 2020, but appears to be hopeful about 2021. He already has 2 hug in the first month. If that trend continues, it should end up being an average year. And it may accelerate as more people are vaccinated. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 18:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
		+	:: If he has a small set of people he can get hug under Covid rules, likely he'd hug them early in the year, and the number would look normal at first but then not increase much in later months. Just saying: hope is good, yes, but the number of hugs in January doesn't really mean much. --[[User:Pi one\|Pi one]] ([[User talk:Pi one\|talk]]) 19:23, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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	Whether or not this is significantly less for some people or not, it's still sad for me. Of course, being an extrovert might have impacted that, but to me, it just represents everything, in general, that's happened. [[User:Char Latte49\|Char Latte49]]		Whether or not this is significantly less for some people or not, it's still sad for me. Of course, being an extrovert might have impacted that, but to me, it just represents everything, in general, that's happened. [[User:Char Latte49\|Char Latte49]]
−	:It's sad about 2020, but appears to be hopeful about 2021. He already has 2 hug in the first month. If that trend continues, it should end up being an average year. And it may accelerate as more people are vaccinated.	+	:It's sad about 2020, but appears to be hopeful about 2021. He already has 2 hug in the first month. If that trend continues, it should end up being an average year. And it may accelerate as more people are vaccinated. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 18:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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	Mine is between 0-3 every year since 4th grade. Primarily my sister, my mother, and now my niece. I am nearly old enough now to go through a midlife crisis. Any other true anti-social people here just now realizing how little you get out? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.134\|108.162.237.134]] 09:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)		Mine is between 0-3 every year since 4th grade. Primarily my sister, my mother, and now my niece. I am nearly old enough now to go through a midlife crisis. Any other true anti-social people here just now realizing how little you get out? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.134\|108.162.237.134]] 09:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
	:I'm probably in the 10-15 range most years, but around 5 for the past year. Being mostly confined to the house really hasn't bothered me, though, so I might well qualify as anti-social... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.108\|162.158.78.108]] 12:42, 2 February 2021 (UTC)		:I'm probably in the 10-15 range most years, but around 5 for the past year. Being mostly confined to the house really hasn't bothered me, though, so I might well qualify as anti-social... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.108\|162.158.78.108]] 12:42, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Whether or not this is significantly less for some people or not, it's still sad for me. Of course, being an extrovert might have impacted that, but to me, it just represents everything, in general, that's happened. [[User:Char Latte49\|Char Latte49]]

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	Mine is between 0-3 every year since 4th grade. Primarily my sister, my mother, and now my niece. I am nearly old enough now to go through a midlife crisis. Any other true anti-social people here just now realizing how little you get out? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.134\|108.162.237.134]] 09:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)		Mine is between 0-3 every year since 4th grade. Primarily my sister, my mother, and now my niece. I am nearly old enough now to go through a midlife crisis. Any other true anti-social people here just now realizing how little you get out? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.134\|108.162.237.134]] 09:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
		+	:I'm probably in the 10-15 range most years, but around 5 for the past year. Being mostly confined to the house really hasn't bothered me, though, so I might well qualify as anti-social... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.108\|162.158.78.108]] 12:42, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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	2011 is the year Randall announced his gf's cancer. This might mean more people hugged him in support. 2010 might have been a time when some people close to him already knew about that (before the announcement), this would explain the big number in 2010, too. In 2015 he went on a book tour and had many signing sessions, where people might have hugged him. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.129.59\|162.158.129.59]] 03:54, 2 February 2021 (UTC)		2011 is the year Randall announced his gf's cancer. This might mean more people hugged him in support. 2010 might have been a time when some people close to him already knew about that (before the announcement), this would explain the big number in 2010, too. In 2015 he went on a book tour and had many signing sessions, where people might have hugged him. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.129.59\|162.158.129.59]] 03:54, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Mine is between 0-3 every year since 4th grade. Primarily my sister, my mother, and now my niece. I am nearly old enough now to go through a midlife crisis. Any other true anti-social people here just now realizing how little you get out? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.134\|108.162.237.134]] 09:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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	The {{w\|Free Hugs Campaign}} peaked between 2006 and 2007.		The {{w\|Free Hugs Campaign}} peaked between 2006 and 2007.

−	2011 is the year Randall announced his gf's cancer. This might mean more people hugged him in support. 2010 might have been a time when some people close to him already knew about that (before the announcement), this would explain the big number in 2010, too. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.129.59\|162.158.129.59]] 03:54, 2 February 2021 (UTC)	+	2011 is the year Randall announced his gf's cancer. This might mean more people hugged him in support. 2010 might have been a time when some people close to him already knew about that (before the announcement), this would explain the big number in 2010, too. In 2015 he went on a book tour and had many signing sessions, where people might have hugged him. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.129.59\|162.158.129.59]] 03:54, 2 February 2021 (UTC)