clustering survey results

[Adam Cadre <ac@adamcadre.ac>]

Okay, here's the list I've come up with.  It differs slightly from the
results from the "initial results" thread in that (a) the data has now
been weighted to account for strong opinions (++ vs. +, for instance),
and (b) it's been subjected to statistical analysis by Andrew Schepler,
rather than just having me eyeball the cells and picking the ones that
stand out.  Andrew took the data from my weighted table and calculated
the type of correlation (direct or inverse) and the chance that the
correlation was random (so a value like 0.991 means any correlation is
almost certainly random, while a value like 0.009 means it almost
certainly is not.)  Listed below are the correlations where the chance
of randomness was less than or equal to 0.010.  For the full results,
see http://www.msu.edu/~schepler/weightp1.html (rows and columns are
not marked, but the order from top to bottom and from left to right is
the same as in the survey.)

I must admit that my mind has been changed.  It does now seem to me
that it could indeed be helpful to look at a result like this:

| Worlds Apart:
| + Anchorhead
| - Chicks Dig Jerks
| - Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang, The
| - Moment of Hope, A
| + Ralph
| + Winter Wonderland

...that is, how well your tastes match up with the tastes reflected in
the list does indeed strike me as a fairly good indicator of how much
you might enjoy Worlds Apart.  My hypothesis was wrong: clustering
does indeed seem to exist.

So, with no further ado, the list:

Aisle:
- Moment of Hope, A

Anchorhead:
+ Babel
- Chicks Dig Jerks
+ Varicella
+ Worlds Apart

Babel:
+ Anchorhead
+ Enlightenment
+ So Far

Bad Machine:
+ I-0
+ Little Blue Men

Beat the Devil:
+ Enlightenment
+ Winter Wonderland

Chicks Dig Jerks:
- Anchorhead
+ Enemies
+ Moment of Hope, A
- Worlds Apart

Curses:
+ Jigsaw

Day for Soft Food, A:
+ For a Change
- Moment of Hope, A
+ Sunset Over Savannah

Death to My Enemies:
+ Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang, The

Enemies:
+ Chicks Dig Jerks

Enlightenment:
+ Beat the Devil
+ Exhibition
+ Mulldoon Legacy, The
+ Muse: an Autumn Romance
+ Not Just a Game
+ Winter Wonderland

Everyone Loves a Parade:
+ Little Blue Men
+ Muse: an Autumn Romance

Exhibition:
+ Enlightenment

For a Change:
+ Day for Soft Food, A

Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang, The:
+ Death to My Enemies
- Worlds Apart

I-0:
+ Bad Machine

Jigsaw:
+ Curses
+ Losing Your Grip

Little Blue Men:
+ Bad Machine
+ Enlightenment

Losing Your Grip:
+ Jigsaw

Moment of Hope, A:
- Aisle
+ Chicks Dig Jerks
- Day for Soft Food, A
- Ralph
- Shrapnel
- Sunset Over Savannah
- Varicella
- Worlds Apart

Mulldoon Legacy, The:
+ Enlightenment
- Sins Against Mimesis

Muse: an Autumn Romance:
+ Enlightenment
+ Everyone Loves a Parade

Not Just a Game:
+ Enlightenment

Ralph:
- Moment of Hope, A
+ Worlds Apart

Shrapnel:
- Moment of Hope, A
+ Spider and Web

Sins Against Mimesis:
- Mulldoon Legacy, The

So Far:
+ Anchorhead

Space Under the Window:
+ Winter Wonderland

Spider and Web:
+ Shrapnel

Sunset Over Savannah:
+ Day for Soft Food, A
- Moment of Hope, A

Varicella:
+ Anchorhead
- Moment of Hope, A

Winter Wonderland:
+ Beat the Devil
+ Enlightenment
+ Space Under the Window
+ Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart:
+ Anchorhead
- Chicks Dig Jerks
- Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang, The
- Moment of Hope, A
+ Ralph
+ Winter Wonderland

no strong correlations:
Bear's Night Out, A
Christminster
Common Ground
Halothane
Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina
Photopia
Zero Sum Game

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 Adam Cadre, Sammamish, WA
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