I'm unpacking the dog. Well, I formally counted this morning how often the dog rose its right rear-leg when urinating. Out of eleven, the dog rose the right only five times. Six times for the left leg. The distribution is practically even. I had supposed that the distribution would be very skewed, like 10 (R)-1(L).I telephoned to the institute to report this observation. They were being just nice to me. They said ''It's not your fault. We wouldn't blame you. Nothing wrong with you.'' But, they wanted to cancel the experiments.
Back to unpacking...
2 comments:
this merits further scientific attention before your dog is destined for deutchland. you should try getting the dog to sit, then calling him. which foot does he start off with?
do this 3,000 times and get back to us. you know...just to make sure that your experiment has statistical significance.
-- from washington, dc
Thanks a lot for the suggestion.
I tried out the experiment 3462 times. Nothing significant came out. The dog started with the right foot slightly more often than the lift. The difference was too subtle to merit any attention. The data is here:
Start with the right foot -> 1732
Start with the left foot -> 1730
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