This article is so insightful, and it did cost plenty of work. You not only provided insight, but explained the full path of logical reasoning leading to those insights, including the most difficult and time consuming - data preparation. Well done and thank you.
I love your deep dives. Sometimes, some science behind what we all believe about writing is an eye-opener. We're eager to share your coming piece about title analysis!
Thanks Maryan. We can learn so many exciting stories by looking at the data. Sometimes, the data turns out to be something unexpected - those are the most exciting cases that have the power to change our beliefs. I love to study these little puzzles and share what I learned.
Awesome research! I’ve always just naturally set my publish to 12:03 pm not sure why I chose :03 it could easily be :30. But I’m consistently publishing at the noon hour.
You have trained your followers to expect content at certain times, which is another way to increase engagement. I have several authors I'm following who are using the same strategy and it works well (for me at least).
I felt really dumb for two days trying to crack this seemingly simple problem. Finally, after reading sections of my daughter's old college book on statistics, the pieces started to make sense to me.
There is a certain itch that can only be scratched by intense research. Some of the finest moments in my life have come from dusty and difficult to read books, in a dark lit library with copious coffee.
I miss those days when I spent days in the library searching for clues and insights.
I was working on a project to create an environmental sensor and found some NASA documents from Apollo program. The smart engineers had not only built the sensor but documented the science behind the operation much better than anything I had seen before. And a few these sensors flew up to Moon!
I ended up replicating the design with updated modern components in the lab I was working at the time.
Eventually I’d like to design an investigative piece where you’re essentially the main character who must piece together clues to find the answer. It’ll be a lot of work building the different pieces of evidence, but I feel like those willing to put in the effort will enjoy it.
My story EXP 017 is my first stage at it. It’s a collection of evidence that tells a story. A lot of people didn’t like it because it doesn’t tell you anything explicitly, and were unsatisfied with “It’s all there, you just have to read it a few times”.
Another well thought out and researched article. I usually publish in the morning hours EST but I think I’m going to try some different times based on your analysis. The only caveat is publications which could throw it off a bit.
I spent two days writing Python scripts, transforming data and plotting results as I was working on this piece. As I went through the analysis, re-read the assumptions behind the library functions like ANOVA it felt like I must have missed some critical lectures in the statistics courses I took at the University some 40 years ago.
I borrowed an old college statistics book from my daughter and read a few sections to refresh my memory lol 😄.
Then I deleted the text I had written and started again. This was an interesting study for sure and I hope you enjoyed it.
This is called deep data backed research to invalidate a hypothesis. Well done again Finn hats off
Thanks, Sameer.
This article is so insightful, and it did cost plenty of work. You not only provided insight, but explained the full path of logical reasoning leading to those insights, including the most difficult and time consuming - data preparation. Well done and thank you.
I love your deep dives. Sometimes, some science behind what we all believe about writing is an eye-opener. We're eager to share your coming piece about title analysis!
Thanks Maryan. We can learn so many exciting stories by looking at the data. Sometimes, the data turns out to be something unexpected - those are the most exciting cases that have the power to change our beliefs. I love to study these little puzzles and share what I learned.
Awesome research! I’ve always just naturally set my publish to 12:03 pm not sure why I chose :03 it could easily be :30. But I’m consistently publishing at the noon hour.
Thanks Melissa,
You have trained your followers to expect content at certain times, which is another way to increase engagement. I have several authors I'm following who are using the same strategy and it works well (for me at least).
My best time to read Finn Tropy is early in the morning, when I don’t mind feeling dumb for having to reread intense statistics!
I love seeing your posts and how you use the scientific method to come to a conclusion. It’s like a logical magic trick.
The joys of trying to pretend to be a scientist 😂
I felt really dumb for two days trying to crack this seemingly simple problem. Finally, after reading sections of my daughter's old college book on statistics, the pieces started to make sense to me.
There is a certain itch that can only be scratched by intense research. Some of the finest moments in my life have come from dusty and difficult to read books, in a dark lit library with copious coffee.
Sometimes I miss college.
Tell me about that!
I miss those days when I spent days in the library searching for clues and insights.
I was working on a project to create an environmental sensor and found some NASA documents from Apollo program. The smart engineers had not only built the sensor but documented the science behind the operation much better than anything I had seen before. And a few these sensors flew up to Moon!
I ended up replicating the design with updated modern components in the lab I was working at the time.
Eventually I’d like to design an investigative piece where you’re essentially the main character who must piece together clues to find the answer. It’ll be a lot of work building the different pieces of evidence, but I feel like those willing to put in the effort will enjoy it.
My story EXP 017 is my first stage at it. It’s a collection of evidence that tells a story. A lot of people didn’t like it because it doesn’t tell you anything explicitly, and were unsatisfied with “It’s all there, you just have to read it a few times”.
It’s on my Substack if you’re curious.
I book marked EXP 017 and will read it when I have more time...sounds very interesting!
Another well thought out and researched article. I usually publish in the morning hours EST but I think I’m going to try some different times based on your analysis. The only caveat is publications which could throw it off a bit.
Thank you, Lee.
I spent two days writing Python scripts, transforming data and plotting results as I was working on this piece. As I went through the analysis, re-read the assumptions behind the library functions like ANOVA it felt like I must have missed some critical lectures in the statistics courses I took at the University some 40 years ago.
I borrowed an old college statistics book from my daughter and read a few sections to refresh my memory lol 😄.
Then I deleted the text I had written and started again. This was an interesting study for sure and I hope you enjoyed it.
I absolutely did. You represented all of your points well.