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UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« on: February 11, 2010, 01:08:21 pm »
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Quote from: http://www.news.com.au/national/secret-formula-for-love-revealed/story-e6frfkvr-1225828992196

Romance by the numbers

1 Choose the oldest age by which you want to get married, for example, 39. Call this 'n'.

2 Decide the earliest age at which you'll start to consider a potential spouse, for example, 20. This age becomes 'p'.

3 Subtract 'p' from 'n' (39 - 20), then multiply the result by 0.368. This equals 6.992.

4 Add this to your minimum age.

Result: 27 is your optimal proposal age.




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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2010, 05:24:41 pm »
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Where did he get 0.368 from? ???
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2010, 07:15:00 pm »
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Quote from: m@tty on February 11, 2010, 05:24:41 pm
Where did he get 0.368 from? ???
my equation doesn't work out LOL
0.368 is random

anywho i did this and therefore

16 + (20-20) *0.368 =16.....

this is weird LOL
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2010, 07:22:13 pm »
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Are you sure you don't mean 16 + (20 - 16) * 0.368?

Also my guess is 0.368 is the best estimate of a statistical coefficient from a set of data.
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2010, 07:22:32 pm »
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What a strange formula! :D
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2010, 07:23:27 pm »
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I got 27.416.  That actually sounds pretty reasonable, since I'll have just finished Postgrad at that stage...
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2010, 07:30:00 pm »
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Quote from: EvangelionZeta on February 11, 2010, 07:23:27 pm
I got 27.416.  That actually sounds pretty reasonable, since I'll have just finished Postgrad at that stage...

23 + (35 - 23) * 0.368? ;D
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2010, 07:32:29 pm »
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Decide the earliest age at which you'll start to consider a potential spouse

cna some1 define this sentence? plz
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.7
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2010, 07:49:21 pm »
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Want to get married at 35 and will start for a potential spouse at 25.

The formula states that:

optimal proposal age = 0.368(n-p) + p = 0.368x10 + 25 = 3.68 + 25 ~ 28 years old.

The way I would have determined the coefficient would have been by experimentally getting data, plotted it and do a linear regression to get the coefficient (if the trend was linear).
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2010, 07:59:44 pm »
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Quote from: annahinh on February 11, 2010, 07:32:29 pm
Decide the earliest age at which you'll start to consider a potential spouse

cna some1 define this sentence? plz

"cna some1 define this sentence" explains to me why you don't get it. ;) What is the earliest age you'd consider someone as a possible wife/husband rather than just a girlfriend/boyfriend?
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2010, 08:03:19 pm »
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Quote from: dshban on February 11, 2010, 07:59:44 pm
Quote from: annahinh on February 11, 2010, 07:32:29 pm
Decide the earliest age at which you'll start to consider a potential spouse

cna some1 define this sentence? plz
i get it now =D thanks

"cna some1 define this sentence" explains to me why you don't get it. ;) What is the earliest age you'd consider someone as a possible wife/husband rather than just a girlfriend/boyfriend?
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2010, 08:05:10 pm »
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16+ (21-20)*0.368 =16.368
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2010, 08:28:50 pm »
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Quote from: annahinh on February 11, 2010, 07:15:00 pm
Quote from: m@tty on February 11, 2010, 05:24:41 pm
Where did he get 0.368 from? ???
my equation doesn't work out LOL
0.368 is random

anywho i did this and therefore

16 + (20-20) *0.368 =16.....

this is weird LOL


lol ofcourse u'd get 16, (20-20) * 0.368 :P
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2010, 08:32:19 pm »
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Quote from: superflya on February 11, 2010, 08:28:50 pm
Quote from: annahinh on February 11, 2010, 07:15:00 pm
Quote from: m@tty on February 11, 2010, 05:24:41 pm
Where did he get 0.368 from? ???
my equation doesn't work out LOL
0.368 is random

anywho i did this and therefore

16 + (20-20) *0.368 =16.....

this is weird LOL


lol ofcourse u'd get 16, (20-20) * 0.368 :P
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Re: UNSW maths and stats professor Tony Dooley says I should get engaged at 24.784
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2010, 08:57:26 pm »
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Quote from: Ahmad on February 11, 2010, 07:30:00 pm
Quote from: EvangelionZeta on February 11, 2010, 07:23:27 pm
I got 27.416.  That actually sounds pretty reasonable, since I'll have just finished Postgrad at that stage...

23 + (35 - 23) * 0.368? ;D

Indeed! xD
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