Eerongal Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Yeah, seriously, getting a 30 is the 97th percentile. It's fine. I know it's hard to wrap my head around that normalization they always do to the score to realize it isn't, like, 30/36 (83%), it's that you're really in the 97th percentile. It's a much happier way of looking at things. Yeah, i've always been slightly curious as to how they measure it. Because I know they supposedly reevaluate it every year or something so that the score percentiles remain the same (i.e. if students in 2007 scored terribly like, say the 97th percent tile was 25% of questions right, then you still scored that 30 or so on it) and then on top of that they spread it around in a funny manner like you're saying where the "97th" percentile is spread over like 4 or 5 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Since we're talking about it, I would like to announce that my ACT score was a 32. /Bragging. Nice job! Yeah, i've always been slightly curious as to how they measure it. Because I know they supposedly reevaluate it every year or something so that the score percentiles remain the same (i.e. if students in 2007 scored terribly like, say the 97th percent tile was 25% of questions right, then you still scored that 30 or so on it) and then on top of that they spread it around in a funny manner like you're saying where the "97th" percentile is spread over like 4 or 5 points. That kind of makes sense, statistically, but does render the whole "what did you get on the test" thing relatively moot. You just have a 30 relative to people who took the test at the same time. Meh. I'm fairly convinced there's no way to perfectly standardize a test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 That kind of makes sense, statistically, but does render the whole "what did you get on the test" thing relatively moot. You just have a 30 relative to people who took the test at the same time. Meh. I'm fairly convinced there's no way to perfectly standardize a test. Yeah, it's certainly not an easy metric to measure. Though, i suppose that relatively speaking, comparing what you got year to year with someone (that is, comparing what say I got back in 2002 to what someone here got in say the last couple of years or so) isn't exactly proportionally correct, but at the same time is probably mostly accurate in the sense that, law of averages and all, the scores probably don't fluctuate that greatly year to year. That is, of course, barring some sort of extreme increase to the overall intelligence of future test takers. Though, it is interesting to wonder. My 31, and your 30, how do they REALLY compare up? Would my 31 be like a 28 or something for your year? Would your 30 end up being like 33 or 34 back when i took it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycoltbug Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 That baby #2 is on it's way after a very long wait. I'm way excited. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 That baby #2 is on it's way after a very long wait. I'm way excited. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I would like to announce that I just said the sentence, "studying quantum mechanics and cawing are not mutually exclusive events." There's a first for everything, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstRainbowRose Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Does anyone wonder why he has his Caw award any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zas678 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I figured it was because he secretly was an international car manufacturer who dabbled in quantum mechanics and Cosmere in his spare time. Yes, I think that Chaos is a Canadian Auto Worker. EDIT- I also am now a Shard! Huzzah! And with exactly 800 posts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOM1else Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 I would like to announce that I have been 17 for 18 whole minutes now. I think I'm about to go through a mid life crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 I would like to announce that I have been 17 for 18 whole minutes now. I think I'm about to go through a mid life crisis. so you plan on dying at about 35? Also: happy birthday, have some cake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRioter Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Happy Birthday SOMe1else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstRainbowRose Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 *starts sniffling* He died so young!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOM1else Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 so you plan on dying at about 35? I'm sure I'll live to be older than 35, right now I just can't comprehend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KChan Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Trust me hun, you're gonna blink and suddenly be 10 years older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicspren Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Trust me hun, you're gonna blink and suddenly be 10 years older. Is SOM1else an atium ferring and going to begin storing age (or, more accurately, youth, because if it literally stored age, it should make him younger) very heavily while blinking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KChan Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Maybe. If he is, though, someone's got into the staff's Hemalurgic Spike Storage Vault. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silus - Shard of Flame Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Do you keep them in stasis or do you have something akin to a living refrigerator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zas678 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 So that's why they told me I had to get my arms pierced..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alliare Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 I would like to announce... ... that, after years of waiting, finally I managed to get a second-hand copy of stand-alone novel 'Lord of No Time' by Louise Cooper, written in 1977 and which years after became the 'Time Master' trilogy, far easier to find and which I'd recommend to everybody. *happy dance* Oh, did I mention I loved it? It has actually quite a different... something that makes it shine with its own light. Its philosophy and the one of trilogy which would be written later are actually quite different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralis00 Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 I have read the Time Master Trilogy and liked it, is the Lord of No Time very different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRioter Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 I would like to announce that I've just seen a fantastic sunset. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuri Shardweaver Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I would like to announce, I have officially given two weeks notice at my current employer, and been officially hired in with my new employer~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicspren Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I would like to announce that I just played piano in my university's Concert Winds ensemble's performance of Hindemith's Konzertmusik, Op. 49 (for 10 brass, two harps, and piano). is a professional recording, if you want to know what it sounds like. We're students, so we don't sound quite like that, but it went well. (If you don't want to listen to the whole thing [although it's worth doing so], skip to 5:25; that's the best movement.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alliare Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I have read the Time Master Trilogy and liked it, is the Lord of No Time very different? There are some differences, as it is an early work. Differences in... Sashka, for example. She's a very minor character. Differences in Tarod's acceptance of who and what he is - I won't say what the difference is, that's for you to find it. Drachea's character is also different, as well as Themila's -though not as much. Tarod's relationship with Cyllan changes - and also with Keridil, somehow. Even the Circle's role changes, and you don't get to know what Tarod is till the very end. It's definitely worth a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralis00 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 There are some differences, as it is an early work. Differences in... -snip- I will have to put it on my list then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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