Okay, I'm making a call for help to the research team.
I've come down with something, and I feel roughly like somebody's been shoving steel wool laced with Ex-Lax down my throat. So, for the moment I'm not particularly up to doing much of anything, especially thinking. WAY too hard right now.
So, I'm going to have one of you find the data for me (provided somebody can and will). I need somebody with a graphing calculator (preferrably a TI-83, 84 or 86) and an hour or two of spare time. If you do, please post here and follow these instructions. If somebody else has already replied and is working on it, please don't go on yourself. We only want one person working on it, so that people don't think we're spamming them.
Now, if you've accepted the previous terms and nobody else has, post and notify everyone else that you will start working on it. Then, using your calculator use the RandInt function;
-On the TI-86, go to catalog, then scroll until you find it (It's alphabetical, so look under R)
-On the TI-83, it should be under Math, then Stats, but I'm not 100% on this since I don't use an 83
-On the TI-84, exactly the same as an 83
After you've selected RandInt, your screen will say RantInt(
Enter this: 1,2715,20)
Now, your screen should look like this:
RandInt(1,2715,20)
Press ENTER and 20 random numbers should appear on your screen.
Now, on your computer, go to the memberlist (sort it by joined date if it isn't already) and look up each number (this is the long part) and PM the owner, then PM me their screen name so I know who to expect to hear from. If they've never visited the forum, or haven't in a few months, don't bother PMing them, just go to the next random person.
Afterwards, for every person that you didn't PM (the inactive sort), you'll need to choose more random people so that we have enough for the experiment. To do this, put into your calculator RandInt(1,2715,X) where X is the number of people who weren't active.
When you PM them, write something like:
Hi, I'm so-and-so and I'm helping with an experiment to determine the mean amount of dream recall for DreamViews members.
(If you want, post a link to this thread so they understand entirely)
The experiment will require you to write down how many dreams you remember every night for 2 weeks, most likely beggining March 7 and going to March 21. If you will be unavailable during this period, or don't want to participate, PM Tsen (or just have them reply back to you and forward it to me) and let him know so that we can get somebody else. If you will be available and want to participate, PM Tsen (or as mentioned earlier, PM you and forward it to me) and let us know.
Thanks,
-Your name here
Since it would be a pain to write a new letter to every person, just write one, then copy it and paste it when you send the next one.
If you're willing to help, but don't have too much time, just post that you will do the first 5 or 10 or whatever and somebody else can do the rest. If you do this, make sure only one of you selects the random numbers and PMs the other one of you the first 5/10/whatever random numbers and does the others him/herself. Basically, make sure you don't PM the same person twice (or heaven forbid three times), lest they seek revenge against you (or, even worse, me).
Also, I've already PM'd a few people who have already replied, so don't PM any of the following:
Lomebririon
MeusOpusMagnus
Stalker
DooleyClovis
The rest of my first group hasn't replied yet, so I won't bother posting their names.
Have fun! Well...try. And if nobody replies, I'll just do it when I'm feeling better, but that might delay things a bit. Sorry to dump this much on you guys!
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