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June 29, 2018 01:26 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/i6NCKW1ACxg/enjoy-this-fitted-normal-distr.html
Enjoy this fitted normal distribution of popcorn popping
Redditor sp__ace filmed the popping of popcorn and provided a handy analytical study of the outcome, with pops-per-second in a fitted normal distribution to illustrate just how crazy things get on the stove.
The most useless data I've ever organized. First I counted 300 kernels into the pot and rolled the camera. All the data was obtained from the sound from video file. I used Audacity to look at the waveform to then manually retype exact time when each kernel popped and repeated that 288 times (never doing this again). I then used Wolfram Mathematica to plot the data and calculate normal distribution parameters.
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/i6NCKW1ACxg/enjoy-this-fitted-normal-distr.html
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