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Click on a few dots and our program will guess your age

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Re: Click on a few dots and our program will guess your age

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post #41

My guess - this experiment has nothing to do with the clicks, but rather is trying to measure something else. Something like the amount of time people take on breaks, plotted against the amount of time people spent reading the instructions. Or something like that.

I'm sure they do, I took a very short break (1-2 seconds) early on, but realized I did better if I just stayed in the zone.

Re: Click on a few dots and our program will guess your age

#58
post #41

My guess - this experiment has nothing to do with the clicks, but rather is trying to measure something else. Something like the amount of time people take on breaks, plotted against the amount of time people spent reading the instructions. Or something like that.

It could, for example, be used to demonstrate that people are more willing to reveal some private information if you make them jump through a few hoops to gain this "privilege".

Re: Click on a few dots and our program will guess your age

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I used a MS trackball (thumb operated) and it read me as 9 years younger than my actual age. I expected the trackball to be a significant handicap, but maybe it's not? It certainly felt like I was struggling to hit the targets, with plenty of overshoot.

I also used MS TBO but in my case it guessed few years too much. I'd say it's interesting if there was a single person here who didn't get answer between 25 and 35.

And TBO definitively is a handicap, try playing Quake with it if in doubt.

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