Thanks for the sheet Wishblend, I took a copy and I'm using that to do a few basic stats on the sets of data.
To me, those results look essentially random.
No, they're not. To the eye, then yes it *looks* random.
If you take a ratio for the purple flashes vs total, and green flashes vs total, you get 2 sets of reciprocal data. Finding the mean and standard deviation (SD) for each data set shows that the figures are actually constrained. The data sets for Segnir show some drift either side of the mean, but 5 of the 7 points are within +/-1SD of the mean, with 1 high and 1 low outlier.
The statistics for Farorar are even better. The small SD shows the data set is constrained within a tight range.
Code:
Segnir
Purple Average 0.566 Green Average 0.434
SD 0.144 SD 0.144
+1SD 0.710 +1SD 0.578
-1SD 0.422 -1SD 0.290
Farorar
Purple Average 0.648 Green Average 0.352
SD 0.077 SD 0.077
+1SD 0.725 +1SD 0.428
-1SD 0.572 -1SD 0.275
What this tells us is that we should continue to get multiple readings from each system. 7 times is a sweet spot because it's enough data to be meaningful, but not so much that you're wasting all your free time watching things flash on your screen.
I think we should also use the "mean of the ratios" from each set of readings so it smooths out any peculiar or outlier data points.
This is the copied sheet I've been using...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dKwhwlTK56SBSWdliwaXkwl2KY1p058x6KR9raAJJPk/edit?usp=sharing
That is some really nice work you did there. Must have cost you dozens of hours. Thanks for your effort.
Nonetheless the result seems to be that this pulses could be random:
1. The pulses are not changing only when you go in a certain direction - something that would be essential for a "hot-hotter-cold-freezing..." game - but they change every time.
2. The pulses are sometimes too different, even when the systems are pretty close to each other. For example Viroman and Erisha.
3. Even within the same system, looking in the same direction, the amount of signals fluctuate heavily. You shouldn't get different result when testing at the same position.
Or did i miss something?
The fluctuation you talk about gets smoothed out when you take the means of the flash ratios for multiple readings.
High school statistical maths can help you determine if a set of data is random, or is a defined value with a spread either side.
Reading 'And Here the Wheel', looks like it might be known as 'Federation Blink Code' as opposed to Morse, but is federation and a thing in the galaxy. Just thought I'd mention it.
Now that sounds interesting Grumbleweed. I don't have a copy of the book, so can you summarise what the "Federation Blink Code" is please?
Hi Guys,
It is my sad duty to report due to heavy testing and a mistake on my part, my unknown artefact has been lost.
I had completed colour test 3 and had just gone to colour test 4's location when I mistakenly jettisoned the ua into super cruise thinking I was in normal space.
I am sorry I have let you all down.
You haven't let anyone down. You've been the primary mover behind testing hypotheses for UAs. And it's not like they've all been destroyed, we still have RedWizard's and mrtree's don't we?
I've taken to working with both purple and green because we don't know which colour means what. It might be that more purple is closer to the source instead of green for all we know. We've all *assumed* the green is the right one because "green is go". I'm not saying Wishblend or anyone else is wrong, but I am saying we need to consider both possibilities equally.
