2014 HSNCT conversion stats
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2014 HSNCT conversion stats
These are ready for discussion.
Overall: 84.4% of tossups answered correctly, 20.2% powered
(2013: 85.1% correct, 23.8% powered
2012: 84.1% correct, 25.7% powered
2011: 82.3% correct, 20.6% powered
2010: 78.5% correct, 15.7% powered
2009: 73.3% correct, 14.9% powered)
(We were trying to make powers a bit stingier this year, and apparently succeeded.)
Least-converted tossups (min. 70 rooms played):
Tripitaka
Coriolanus
chromatic number
Chapultepec
mantle plumes
--30% conversion--
Robert Peary
Satyricon
--35% conversion--
Nikos Kazantzakis
Richard Lovelace
Arthur Compton
Myron
Linear B
powers of 2
--40% conversion--
(the last three listed were at exactly 40% conversion, 34 rooms out of 85 Saturday prelims)
Nothing here was as difficult as Tammuz was last year.
Overall: 84.4% of tossups answered correctly, 20.2% powered
(2013: 85.1% correct, 23.8% powered
2012: 84.1% correct, 25.7% powered
2011: 82.3% correct, 20.6% powered
2010: 78.5% correct, 15.7% powered
2009: 73.3% correct, 14.9% powered)
(We were trying to make powers a bit stingier this year, and apparently succeeded.)
Least-converted tossups (min. 70 rooms played):
Tripitaka
Coriolanus
chromatic number
Chapultepec
mantle plumes
--30% conversion--
Robert Peary
Satyricon
--35% conversion--
Nikos Kazantzakis
Richard Lovelace
Arthur Compton
Myron
Linear B
powers of 2
--40% conversion--
(the last three listed were at exactly 40% conversion, 34 rooms out of 85 Saturday prelims)
Nothing here was as difficult as Tammuz was last year.
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
The Charlotte Amalie tossup was in the playoffs, so presumably fewer than 70 rooms heard it, but since it was discussed somewhat extensively, do you have the conversion rate for it?
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
0/6/6 in 25 rooms.
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Could I get the conversion stats on the tossup on accretion disks?
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
I wasn't going to ask, but seeing as the Tripitaka is the least-converted tossup on that list, what were the exact conversion figures for that tossup?
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
accretion disks: 1/35/22 in 85 rooms
Tripitaka: 0/21/24 in 85 rooms
Tripitaka: 0/21/24 in 85 rooms
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Could I see the conversion stats for the Gupta Empire, Carbonari, Measure for Measure, XYZ Affair, Italy, and Khyber Pass? Also, what were the specific stats for Chapultepec, mantle plumes, and Satyricon?
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Guptas: 7/20/16 in 42 rooms
Carbonari: 4/31/32 in 85 rooms
Measure for Measure: 4/12/11 in 34 rooms
XYZ Affair: 48/37/0 in 85 rooms
Italy: 14/12/1 in 26 rooms
Khyber: 0/16/3 in 16 rooms
Chapultepec: 3/20/22 in 85 rooms
mantle plumes: 0/24/49 in 85 rooms
Satyricon: 1/28/6 in 85 rooms
Carbonari: 4/31/32 in 85 rooms
Measure for Measure: 4/12/11 in 34 rooms
XYZ Affair: 48/37/0 in 85 rooms
Italy: 14/12/1 in 26 rooms
Khyber: 0/16/3 in 16 rooms
Chapultepec: 3/20/22 in 85 rooms
mantle plumes: 0/24/49 in 85 rooms
Satyricon: 1/28/6 in 85 rooms
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Can you post stats and question text for U of Texas, memorizing the Q'uran, Thomas Hardy, and Egypt? Thanks.
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Texas: 21/46/17 in 68 rooms
memorizing the Qur'an: 13/62/21 in 85 rooms
Hardy: 39/40/13 in 85 rooms
Egypt: 28/52/3 in 85 rooms
(text is in the general discussion thread)
memorizing the Qur'an: 13/62/21 in 85 rooms
Hardy: 39/40/13 in 85 rooms
Egypt: 28/52/3 in 85 rooms
(text is in the general discussion thread)
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
could I see the conversion stats for George R.R. Martin, Myron, Gravity (the film), gay marriage and ocarina?
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Could I see the conversion stats on continental drift, emulsions, Central African Republic, and "Bones" (the tv show character) please? Thanks.
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Could I see conversion for Pantagruel and Bavaria? Thanks
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Is there any easy way to just post the entire conversion data in a spreadsheet or PDF form?
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G. R. R. Martin: 10/15/4 in 26 rooms
Myron: 1/33/16 in 85 rooms
Gravity: 5/5/1 in 10 rooms
same-sex marriage: 1/82/31 in 85 rooms
ocarina: 0/3/0 in 3 rooms
continental drift: 0/9/7 in 10 rooms
emulsions: 7/15/12 in 25 rooms
CAR: 4/12/7 in 16 rooms
Bones: 13/66/3 in 85 rooms
Pantagruel: 0/26/18 in 26 rooms
Bavaria: 8/68/34 in 85 rooms
Myron: 1/33/16 in 85 rooms
Gravity: 5/5/1 in 10 rooms
same-sex marriage: 1/82/31 in 85 rooms
ocarina: 0/3/0 in 3 rooms
continental drift: 0/9/7 in 10 rooms
emulsions: 7/15/12 in 25 rooms
CAR: 4/12/7 in 16 rooms
Bones: 13/66/3 in 85 rooms
Pantagruel: 0/26/18 in 26 rooms
Bavaria: 8/68/34 in 85 rooms
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
May I see the conversion stats for Thurmond and Clovis please?
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Thurmond: 17/52/13 in 83 rooms
Clovis: 3/30/30 in 64 rooms
Clovis: 3/30/30 in 64 rooms
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Stats for "Dark Horse" please?
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40/42/8 in 85 rooms.
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Could we see conversion stats by category? Thank you for running this thread...this is always very interesting and useful information.
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Conversions on "Rene Magritte," and "John Coltrane," and "Absinthe" please?
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Magritte: 42/27/6 in 85 roomsShangdevin wrote:Conversions on "Rene Magritte," and "John Coltrane," and "Absinthe" please?
Coltrane: 5/47/15 in 84 rooms
absinthe: 5/72/9 in 84 rooms
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Subject: % correct/% poweredsmithp5 wrote:Could we see conversion stats by category? Thank you for running this thread...this is always very interesting and useful information.
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Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Could I see the conversion on The Red and the Black?
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16/28/8 in 46 rooms.
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