Drake Equation Survey (takers get +rep).

[Icedrake]

I've gotten a project recently to get information on the Drake Equation and come up with how many communicable civilizations there are in our galaxy in my opinion. Well, I've done that, but to add something extra, I've decided to make a Drake Equation survey for the rest of you guys. Its quite a simple survey, but it would help me out a lot if you could take a few minutes of your time to fill it out. If you do fill it out, please let me know below so I can give you +rep.

Here's the link to the survey: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHJaU3BsU00zMEw3eHZtWDF1S3pzdlE6MQ

Please take this survey seriously and answer the questions logically, rather than putting absurd numbers for everything that are not even a possibility. I will use the final results for a project, so I need them to work.

 

[busterkomo]

Why do you force participants to do the arithmetic at the end themselves?

 

[Darkness-4ever]

I got an answer which I felt was rather high (269.2305) mainly due to the fact that I used a relatively high number for the amount of time a communicating civilization exists for (125,000). Its difficult to keep in mind just how many stars actually exist in a galaxy, but for any life to have a good chance of surviving for the amount of time needed to develop interstellar communication, they would have to be on the outskirts of the galaxy like us, since the clusters of stars closer to the center is a very hostile place.

 

[Icedrake]

Why do you force participants to do the arithmetic at the end themselves?

I don't. It says that's optional. If you do it, I can do a final average calculation to see what the average number of communicable civilizations in our galaxy is. You definitely don't have to do it if you don't want to, you only need to do the rest of the survey, since I definitely need that data.

@Darkness-4ever: Thanks for taking the survey. I've given you a rep.

@Busterkomo: Did you take the survey or no? I'm seeing two results, and I know one is from Darkness-4ever, don't know who the other is from.

 

[GhostThruster]

I got 288000000000. That's also because of Darkness-4ever's reason. I put relatively high numbers for the questions(and they are sensible answers) and I multiplied them. This doesn't make sense, it should be like division or something, not just multiplying every single one.

 

[Icedrake]

I think you multiplied wrong. Are you sure you multiplied the percents in decimal form? Like 50% with .50 or 25% with .25?

 

[dab]

Took the survey. What I'm more interested in is which school you go to? I don't know many that would use this.

 

[HQCosTheta]

I think my answer was a bit high. I was pretty harsh on some of the entries but still came up with a pretty big number. Surprising, if the math is right.

36562.5

 

[FibSaSk]

Ok I did it. But I didn`t really feel like multiplying, soz.

 

[fladdermasken]

I have a technical question. 10 years to 1 million years, are we supposed to multiply this with the rest of the survey? 1.000.000 is a huge number.

EDIT: Nevermind, I'll let you run the numbers instead. There we go, I did the survey. Quite interesting I must say.

 

[Lich Prince]

What's with all the surveys these days.

Anyway, 350,000 here.

 

[Ironside]

Completed the survey, I got 345,6

 

[HQCosTheta]

Completed the survey, I got 345,6

That number makes more sense.

PS: that's a weird place to put a comma.

 

[Tank-Commander]

Done, I got (including decimals):

31997.2619736

 

[ShadowFlare]

I took it, I got about 216.389 (rounded). Is that accurate or not?

 

[Ramza]

495 here.

That number makes more sense.

PS: that's a weird place to put a comma.

Know that Europeans don't use commas and dots the same way as Americans.

 

[mrzwach]

Got 1187.5.

 

[Icedrake]

Hmmm... I've been checking the results for the survey, and it seems like some of you put numbers like 200% and 300% for percentage of stars that form planets. It's supposed to be a % between 0% and 100%.

I've given rep to nearly all people who have posted to doing the survey thus far (except for the most recent, since I ran out of rep to give for the day and Hive told me I'd given too much rep for today). I'll make sure I get you guys tomorrow. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

 

[busterkomo]

I don't. It says that's optional. If you do it, I can do a final average calculation to see what the average number of communicable civilizations in our galaxy is. You definitely don't have to do it if you don't want to, you only need to do the rest of the survey, since I definitely need that data.

I mean it would be nice if the product was calculated and then presented to the user.

 

[Icedrake]

I mean it would be nice if the product was calculated and then presented to the user.

That's a great idea. Except I have no idea how to do it, since when you're editing the survey, its not in spreadsheet format, so you can't make formulas in it. I can do that with when I view what other people have put, but then only I can see it, and other people can't.

 

[En_Fuego]

I got 30.

 

[Icedrake]

There, given rep to everyone who has taken the survey so far.

 

[sephiroth1234]

Just took the test... I did have fun taking it... I really like astronomy you know.

 

[Hemske]

Interesting survey.
But something must have went wrong on my try.
Got 643 500 000 00. Which is, relatively high.

 

[Icedrake]

Hmm... Are you sure you multiplied your percents in decimal form rather than in whole numbers? That is usually the problem with really huge numbers.

Also, checking the results of the survey... I thought I could take the results seriously, but now, apparently I can't. Someone who took the survey decided to be funny and ruin everything. He/she had most of his numbers off the range that I said to put them in, like he/she had 200%, -5%. I mean really? I had more faith in you guys. -.-

Just don't even bother taking the survey anymore, since the results are pretty much useless to me now.

Now, could a mod close this thread, since it has lost its point?

 

[Hemske]

Hmm... Are you sure you multiplied your percents in decimal form rather than in whole numbers? That is usually the problem with really huge numbers.

Oh, must have missed that part. But I suppose I got 643,5 then.

And I am sorry about the test being useless now because some smartass did a thing like that.
Hope you got something out of it at least.

 

[TiconWC3-SC2]

1578486000000 Was my number.. Rather high, but oh well

 

[En_Fuego]

One of the directions was "divide".

 

[Ramza]

Hmm... Are you sure you multiplied your percents in decimal form rather than in whole numbers? That is usually the problem with really huge numbers.

Also, checking the results of the survey... I thought I could take the results seriously, but now, apparently I can't. Someone who took the survey decided to be funny and ruin everything. He/she had most of his numbers off the range that I said to put them in, like he/she had 200%, -5%. I mean really? I had more faith in you guys. -.-

Just don't even bother taking the survey anymore, since the results are pretty much useless to me now.

Now, could a mod close this thread, since it has lost its point?

Woah, you can't blame all of ''us guys'', just because one person (who may not even be a member of Hive) messed up your test.

Can't you just ignore his results, and use the rest?

 

[XenoStalker]

Scored around 500.... lol

Took the survey and submitted it.

 

[Icedrake]

Woah, you can't blame all of ''us guys'', just because one person (who may not even be a member of Hive) messed up your test.

My apologies, I was generalizing too much. The Hive was the only place I posed this, so it was the first place to come to mind.

Can't you just ignore his results, and use the rest?

Google's spreadsheet that shows me the results and calculates things won't allow me to change anything (at least I can't).

Scratch the above. Did some fiddling around with the spreadsheet, and found out that I could delete that row, don't know if it did anything to the already calculated data though.