Global Civilizations

The intent of this blog was to show my progress studying the content of the Global Civilizations curriculum I helped produce in 1992. I expected to update it with current examples from my life as time went on.

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We have been gardening together since the fall of 2001. John sifts the soil and Lee grows the greens. We prefer greens and roots in the winter and harder stemmed veggies in the summer such as peppers and cucumbers. John looks after his worms and tumbles compost. Lee tracks the seeds and the work schedule here in the northwest Mojave Desert.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Curiosity & learning


So I was reading a popular novel a few years ago and I began to wonder how fast I was reading it. This led me to track the number of pages and the time I started and finished. As I was doing this, I noticed not all the chapters were the same length. I wondered if there was a pattern or structure to the length of the chapters and their placement in the book. I graphed the result and felt like there was meaning to the length of the chapter and its placement in the book. I realize this is more of an artistic interpretation or an impression. What do you think? What kind of statistical test might be used in this situation?

Chapter Page length z
1 1 12 -1.4
2 13 17 -0.6
3 30 13 -1.3
4 43 20 -0.1
5 63 23 0.4
6 86 25 0.8
7 111 26 0.9
8 137 23 0.4
9 160 16 -0.8
10 176 25 0.8
11 201 22 0.3
12 223 23 0.4
13 246 22 0.3
14 268 16 -0.8
15 284 27 1.1
16 311 19 -0.3
17 330 20 -0.1
18 350 13 -1.3
19 363 25 0.8
20 388 17 -0.6
21 405 19 -0.3
22 424 22 0.3
23 446 31 1.8
24 477 25 0.8
25 502 17 -0.6
26 519 25 0.8
27 544 10 -1.8
28 554 17 -0.6
29 571 18 -0.4
30 589 19 -0.3
31 608 30 1.6
32 638 21 0.1
33 659 32 1.9
34 691 14 -1.1
35 705 19 -0.3
36 724 29 1.4
37 753 6 -2.5
759
Average Page Length = 20.5
Standard Deviation = 5.9