Originally Posted by kelby_lake
So we can say, that the conclusion is women have terrible literary tastes
So we can say, that the conclusion is women have terrible literary tastes
Although the sample is somewhat limited, the fact that Lolita has twice as many votes as any of the other examples, and that that Harry Potter has as many votes as Les Miserables, is intriguing. Based on these findings, it would appear that women have an extraordinary interest in paedophilia and the ability to confuse great literature with nonsense.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
I'm reserving judgement until I see what the male preferred reading list reveals.
Assuming that one is being prepared.
WOW! The data results is so insignificant that I see very little worth in trying to interpret the outcome.
I didn't get that many takers last time so it is a pretty small sample. I might repeat the test and see how many I get this time round.
better do so (and perhaps take some nice crime novels in ... they are missing) ... and start a male list as well ... we want scientifically relevant results.. this is a serious study (and I'm shocked, seeing these results)
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Is this a joke? Isn't it supposed to be self reporting?Books are reported by the participants, not suggested by the researchers! That is if you want serious, scientifically relevant results.
I would say if you wanted scientifically relevant results you would need a large sample size of randomly chosen men and women. Then you would probably have to provide each person chosen for the study with a selection of books, anyone who has read the books before would have to be excluded from the study. Then they would have to read every book and rank them, and they would have be prohibited from accessing external opinions about the books.
Then you could perhaps have some data on men and women's reactions to a specific set of books which may or may not be valuable for extrapolating insights onto larger groups. Depends on what kind of trends arise.
Of course, this would all be a humongous waste of money.
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
I'm not surprised that Lolita's top of the list. I can't pinpoint exactly why but I'm not surprised.
sounds a nice idea to me though... XD but why not make it as scientifically correct as possible? (around here)
(I'm still suprised how this developed)
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Could it be anything to do with the writing?
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Well, of course it's an amazing novel but would it top a favourite books list for men as well?
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