Yvain comments on 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

78 Post author: Yvain 22 November 2013 09:26AM

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Comment author: Yvain 23 November 2013 06:55:52PM 11 points [-]

I just realized I forgot a very important question I really want to know the answer to!

"What is your 90% confidence interval for the percent of people you expect to answer 'cooperate' on the prize question?"

I've added this into the survey so that people who take it after this moment can answer. If you've taken the survey already, feel free to record your guess below (if you haven't taken the survey, don't read responses to this comment)

Comment author: Manfred 24 November 2013 02:37:41AM 3 points [-]

Hmm, I guess I expect more defectors than cooperators, so let's say 8-70

Comment author: Emile 24 November 2013 11:12:54AM 2 points [-]

Interesting, I answered with a symmetrical range, but afterwards thought I should have biased it towards there being more cooperators, as I expect that to be more likely.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2013 05:39:36PM 2 points [-]

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Comment author: CoffeeStain 23 November 2013 11:22:05PM 2 points [-]

Right down the middle: 25-75

Comment author: threewestwinds 01 December 2013 09:11:51PM *  1 point [-]

I failed at reading comprehension - took it as "the minimum percentage of cooperation you're 90% confident in seeing" and provided one number instead of a range. ^^;;

So... 15-85 is what I meant, and sorry for the garbage answer on the survey.

Comment author: faul_sname 09 December 2013 09:15:40PM 0 points [-]

10 - 65 %

Comment author: MathieuRoy 02 December 2013 06:09:12AM 0 points [-]

7-80

Comment author: EGI 29 November 2013 11:34:04AM 0 points [-]

45 to 95 %

Comment author: gjm 27 November 2013 12:25:56AM 0 points [-]

25% to 90%.

Comment author: Nornagest 27 November 2013 12:05:54AM 0 points [-]

Guvegl gb rvtugl-svir creprag. This would have been much narrower if I'd answered at the time of the survey, though; I was more than a little surprised by the responses in the comments.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 November 2013 11:50:12PM 0 points [-]

50% to 85%.

Comment author: Ishaan 29 November 2013 10:41:58AM *  -1 points [-]

55%-95% cooperate.

However, after having made that guess, I note that I am the most optimistic one here so far and begin to have doubts...

Comment author: Eneasz 03 December 2013 11:27:27PM -1 points [-]

Well, my actual guess is 85%, so it's not a symmetrical split for me. Hopefully I'm not doing confidence intervals wrong..

Comment author: Eneasz 26 November 2013 04:48:40PM *  -1 points [-]

40-98