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Thanks, I'll check it out!

Thanks.

BTW, doesn't the amount of entries affect the odds? There were 700 entries.

This question is killing me because I'm terrible in math.

It has to do with my question before...

Nine categories

5 possible winners for each category

How many possible combinations are there?

I wasn't asking who the winners were...I know the results. I watched the show.

What I am asking is, since I got 8/9 correct-what were the odds of predicting that many correct?

-And-

How many possible combinations could there have been?

I entered a local newspaper contest where you have to predict the Oscar winners and whoever gets the most correct answers wins. So, my question is this:

The categories were:

Best Actor

Best Actress

Supporting Actor

Supporting Actress

Animated Film

Director

Best Picture

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay

so theres 9 categories with 5 nominees in each category. What are the chances of someone getting all 9 correct, stastistically speaking? I got 8/9 correct. There were 700 people who entered the contest. What are the odds that I would get this many right? The winner gets free movie tix for a year!

Okay guys, I have a question regarding posting here and (please don't thrash me if I should have posed this question somewhere else!)

So here goes....this is my 3rd or 4th post and it says I have 0 posts. I'm just curious what the deal is with that? Do i not exist here? Or do i exist here, but only in my imagination?

I think that there are too many different types of inteligent.

 

e.g. I might be good at physics but that doesnt mean I can answer the logical questions quickly in an IQ test' date=' so am I not inteligent?

 

IQ tests test a very specific kinda question, you need to be quick, normally good at maths, logically thinking and also it just depends on the questions!

 

I find the results far too variant to be classified as reliable, and inteligence at one thing doesn't mean inteligence in another, so you could fail an IQ test and be good at something else and vice versa.[/quote']

 

I agree with 5614 on this point. I've taken an both a standard IQ test (that I purchased from a bookstore) and the one you can take online. I score between 141-146 (depending on whether I've had my coffee or not!)

 

I am terrible at math and those darn spatial reasoning questions stump me every time but this does not mean that I am not smart. I'm just smarter in other areas. I got a 28 in Science on my ACT but a 13 in math (yes, i'm quite retarded in mathematics for a 34 year old person).

 

Anyway...I agree that it depends on the questions asked. I don't think the tests are really that objective.

Hi, my name's Heather. Unfortunately my intellectual abilities are limited at the moment due to an over ingestion of a substance known as the "hamburger." Otherwise, I'd say something witty about myself.