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Name the Scientist
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There is a link to their wiki pages after grading.DrClaude said:9 out of 12, not bad considering the guessing. (I still don't know many of them. Time to hit the Google.)
I failed a confidence test at , just about any confidence level, with 7 /12 , though maybe I had some subconscious knowledge helping me increase my p from 1/4 to something higher.fresh_42 said:At least I can say, that it's a fair test as I confirmed the hypothesis guess under total ignorance and achieve the expectation value of a binomial distributed random variable.
I don't remember all of them, but several seemed to have names that could go with the apparent nationality of the person. Also, I know of at least a few which the other choices were real people. Maybe all of the choices are real scientists. So you maybe think to yourself "I think I've heard that name. Maybe it's her."Ibix said:8/12. I was certain about four of them, and got 50% of my guesses right. As I basically went on "(s)he looks like a <name> to me" for the ones I didn't know, that looks like a win for stereotyping. Yay?
3/12?fresh_42 said:At least I can say, that it's a fair test as I confirmed the hypothesis guess under total ignorance and achieve the expectation value of a binomial distributed random variable.
The scientist being named is [insert name here].
Some of the major contributions of this scientist include [insert contributions here].
This scientist made a significant impact in their field of study by [insert impact here].
This scientist was inspired to pursue their field of study by [insert inspiration here].
Some lesser known facts about this scientist include [insert lesser known facts here].