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The Cattaraugus County Science Fair is just around the corner. Some of our students have already
initiated experimentation to test their hypotheses. Here are some of the early submissions.
Submission #1.1 Oct. 5, 2003
Multi-level Structure of a Heterotrophic Website using Photo-electronic Methods at
-25 K.
M. Cahilly, M. Coleman, and R. Henderson
[Abstract] The purpose of this experiment will be to track the micro-evolution of
an Internet organism over time, evaluating the biochemical changes and structural additions that take place at various light
and temperature variations, as well as other factors.
5 MONTHS
18,466 Visitors
64,545 Pageviews
387,504 Hits
PAGEVIEWS
1) 6402 Home Room
2) 4095 Football Home
3) 2177 Varsity Football
4) 1788 Football Guestbook
5) 1402 79 Guestbook
6) 1364 Panther Profile
7) 1230 The Portville Review
8) 944 79 Locker Room
9) 822 Cal-Mum Game
10) 792 Auditorium
11) 772 History Class
12) 715 Football History
13) 709 Football Photos
14) 638 Class Meeting
15) 595 2003-4 Panthers
16) 567 1978 Football
17) 513 2003 Hunting Season
18) 499 Guidance Office
19) 496 Alumni Football Game
20) 473 Flagpole
Website Data (11 Months): Sept 14 - Aug 14
35,309 Visitors 104 per day average
118,490 Pageviews 350
661,645 Hits 1,954
Record # Visitors in 1 day - 412 Nov. 8 Sat.
Record # Pageviews - 1,549 Nov. 10 Mon.
Record # Hits - 8,143 Nov. 12 Wed.
Final Interventions, Projections, and Conclusions for One Year
Submission #1.2 Jan. 5, 2004
Comparison of fantasy football teams chosen by four subjects who have varying levels
of NFL knowledge.
Shane Stone, Jim Reynolds, and Herb Todd
[Abstract] Four subjects underwent a mock draft for a simple,
standardized fantasy NFL football game, each drafting 5 different players for their "fantasy team". Subject 1 is a nationally-known
sports announcer and NFL expert who specializes in fantasy leagues. Subject 2 is a professional psychic, author, and
newspaper columnist from New York City who is acquainted with the NFL only on a surface level. Subject 3 is a 35-year
old truck driver from Hamburg, NY who has Direct-TV and watches 15 hours of the NFL on Sundays. Subject 4 is a
75-year old grandmother from Ceres, PA who thinks the Super Bowl is some type of tupperware party.
Each of the subjects' fantasy teams will be followed for the entire 2003 NFL regular season,
and points for fantasy players will be awarded on a weekly basis:
TD Passing 6 points
TD Running 6
TD Receiving 6
XP 1 1
XP 2 2
FG
3
At the end of the season, point totals will be compared and statistical analysis performed.
Each subject had no prior knowledge of the experiment, and each one filled in their player
submissions during a mock draft. Subjects had 30 minutes to review the lists of players (names only) in each category,
were made aware of the scoring rules, and later commented on their choices.
Here are the 4 fantasy teams:
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Week 1
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35
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43
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68
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42
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65
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81
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55
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46
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Final Point Total - 17 Weeks Regular Season
Grandma 594
Expert 496
Psychic 399
Fan 335
The results of our experiment were somewhat shocking. Our non-football person won
the contest by a wide margin over the 2nd place expert, revealing that luck plays a large part of simple, fantasy leagues.
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