Editing 1572: xkcd Survey

*The comic is a link to [http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw The xkcd survey] on Google, which is closed.

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 survey 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 leopard.” (See [[1530: Keyboard Mash]] and [[1031: s/keyboard/leopard/]]).

If the data is ever released, this explanation will be updated, but this has not happened.

{{w|Image_map#Client-side_image_map|HTML image maps}} is a technique for marking up areas of an image on a web page, such that each area can be a link without the whole image being a link. [[Randall]] could have used this type of image map to make only the “Click here to take the survey” button be a link, and none of the rest of the image. But he cannot get the hang of it (or knowing his skills, does not wish to take the time to learn it). Not getting the hang of HTML image maps was also referenced on the banner for his [[Header text#2014-07-23_-_what_if.3F_book_tour|book tour]] for the first ''[[What If? (book)|What If?]]'' book. See the link for other instances where he mentions this problem in the [[Header text|header text]].

The title text is a joke off of {{w|Big Data}}, which is a name for analysis of a set of data that includes a huge amount of information. He also says "for a big planet" because the Earth is big.{{Citation needed}}

 

 

The recreation's data can be [https://goo.gl/5A77ZX found live here.]

 

It started with the following statement:

There's no specific reason for any of the questions. The goal is to create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with. This is obviously not going to be a real random sample of people, but in the interest of getting cooler data, if you're sharing this with friends, try sending it to some people who wouldn't normally see this kind of thing!

'''Note:''' The order of the possible answers (the list of possibilities) was random, and changed every time the page is reloaded. So do not try to fix the order here below...

*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — (Also see [[1492: Dress Color]] and the [[Blag]] entry [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results]).

**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. Although tied differently, the resulting knots are identical.{{Citation needed}}

**Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car

**Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground

**Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} — A handspring is an exercise 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.

*What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?

*Do you eat {{w|condiments}} directly out of the fridge as a snack?

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

**Cooler

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

*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?

**No

**Yes

**''Tick off list with numbers from 1 to 10.''

*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?

**No

*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?

**No

**Yes

*How many older siblings do you have?

*How many younger siblings do you have?

*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?

*Do you feel sleepy a lot?

**Yes

**No

*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?

**Yes

**No

*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?

**Yes

**No

**I've never had it

*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?

**Yes

**No

*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys (See [[1530: Keyboard Mash]] and [[1031: s/keyboard/leopard/]]).

*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are? (note it does not include the possibility that you don't drive)

**''Tick off list with numbers from 1 to 5.''

*Do you have any food allergies?

**No

*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year? — (The title-text of [[831: Weather Radar]] mentions the belief that thunderstorms seemed more common when one was a kid. Since the survey also asks for age this question is likely a test of that belief.)

**Yes

**No

*Which do you prefer? (It seems to be missing the ''neither'' option...)

**Chocolate

*Pick another number from 1 to 100 (Supposedly should not be the same as in the first pick a number box).

*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?

*Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?

**Yes

**No

**What?

*Can you pick things up with your toes?

**No

**Yes

*How old are you?

*What color are the walls around you right now?

*What kind of cell phone do you have?

**Other smartphone

**Non-smartphone

*What's the last thing you ate?

*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?

*Some of these words don’t appear in any of the following dictionaries: the Oxford English Dictionary, the New Oxford American Dictionary, Wiktionary, or Dictionary.com.  With one exception, however, reviewers on this site have found verifiable examples of use for the words in question.

**Slickle – Not in any standard dictionary. However, it [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Slickle is in] the crowd-sourced in Urban Dictionary, as well as a suggested planet name in [[1253: Exoplanet Names]]

**{{Wiktionary|rife|Rife}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]

**{{Wiktionary|soliloquy|Soliloquy}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]

**Fination – not in any dictionary. Appears infrequently in Victorian texts (e.g., [http://books.google.com/books?id=ghNOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=Fination 1889], [http://books.google.com/books?id=nwlCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA214&dq=Fination 1839])

**{{Wiktionary|stipple|Stipple}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stipple 144]

**{{Wiktionary|peristeronic|Peristeronic}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/peristeronic N/A]. Randall used it and defined it for readers in [[798: Adjectives]].

**{{Wiktionary|modicum|Modicum}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]

**Trephony – Not available in reference dictionaries. An obsolete spelling of "{{w|Trephine}}" (especially when used as a verb for the process of {{w|Trepanning|trephination}}). Initially a transliteration of Greek [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=tru/panon τρυπάω] for the same.

**Tribution – A regular construction from {{Wiktionary|tribute#Verb|Tribute (verb)}} using "{{Wiktionary|-tion}}" to transform into a noun. Using this regular formation, the term would mean the act of tribute, but no examples of actual use are available. It is worth noting that the use of "tribute" as a verb is generally considered obsolete and the few forms that persist in use relate primarily to the tributary and distributary river systems

**{{Wiktionary|phoropter|Phoropter}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]  1.An instrument used in eye examinations to determine an individual's prescription, the patient looking through various lenses at a chart on the other side.

**Unitory – Not available in reference dictionaries.  An obsolete spelling of "Unitary," chiefly British. While long obsolete in normal usage, it persisted longer in mathematics that it did elsewhere (particularly for  "Unitory Method" and "Unitory Matrices").  Example of use: [https://books.google.com/books?id=Wl1BAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA27&lpg=RA5-PA27&dq=unitory+method&source=bl&ots=rfRKJXAJqV&sig=Wsr_gV7xG6Airah9Lx1M0hi-7Zc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBmoVChMInd_R9qTbxwIVChU-Ch36IAh_#v=onepage&q=unitory%20method&f=false (1)]

**{{Wiktionary|amiable|Amiable}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/amiable 123]

**{{Wiktionary|salient|Salient}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/salient 69]

**{{Wiktionary|regolith|Regolith}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/regolith 162]

**{{Wiktionary|lithe|Lithe}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lithe 105]

**{{Wiktionary|hubris|Hubris}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hubris 117]

**{{Wiktionary|fleek|Fleek}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fleek N/A]

**Cadine – A rare loan-word for {{Wiktionary|fr:cadine|a sultan's wife or a noble ottoman woman}} which comes to English through the French. Examples of Use: [https://books.google.com/books?id=4yz-Y-_OOO0C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=cadine&f=false (1)]. Also the name of an {{w|it:Cadine|italian city}}.

**{{Wiktionary|apricity|Apricity}} – Not available in reference dictionaries.  An obsolete word for the sun's heat in winter (e.g., [http://books.google.com/books?id=CFBGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT76&dq=apricity Bailey 1775]). According to the What If? book (page 80), this is Randall's single favourite word in the English language.

*Please type "cat" here: (Likely to see how they write the word)

*Do you usually remember your dreams?

**No

**Yes

**Yes

*How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?

**Negative 😠 (Unicode 1f620 - Angry face)

**Positive 😊 (Unicode 263a - Smiling face)

**Neutral 😐 (Unicode 1F610 - Neutral face)

*Does it ever snow where you live?

**No

*Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?

**Eggs

**Chocolate ice cream

**Beer

**White wine

**Red wine

**Coffee

**Tomatoes

*Which of these do you regularly drink?

**Noncaffeinated soda

**Coffee

**Fruit juice

**Milk

**Beer

**Wine

**Tea

*Type five random words

*Are you nervous about flying?

**Yes

**''Tick off list with numbers from 1 to 5.''

*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?

**{{w|Taco}}

**{{w|Quesadilla}}

**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}

**{{w|Cheesesteak}}

**{{w|Hamburger}}

**{{w|Calzone}}

*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"

*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?

**Yes

*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

:'''The xkcd Survey'''

:A search for weird correlations

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:Or click here, or here.

:The whole comic is a link,

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