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neuromodulator

Today out of boredom and curiosity, motivated by other posts on site stats I decided to compute some stats of the published roadtests. There are a couple of interesting things that can be computed and would be interesting to know, specially in terms of correlations. For instance, do member points increase the chances of winning expensive items? What about number of posts? There are many questions I was wondering about to better understand the dynamics of the system. One of the first questions (and easiest to answer with my data) was how many users have won and published different amount of roadtests. And the results I obtained were these:

 

1: 359

2: 68

3: 32

4: 11

5: 9

6: 10

7: 7

8: 2

9: 0

10: 2

11: 3

12: 1

13: 1

14: 2

15: 0

16: 0

17: 1

18: 1

 

That is, 356 users have won and published 1 roadtest, and 1 user has won and published 18 roadtests. Ideally I would like to count won roadtests (not just published ones), having such data would also be useful to calculate the number of users that win roadtests and never publish anything. Other interesting stats could be to analyse trends, for instance, have the number of words in roadtests reviews increased? As the competition has gotten harder, I would expect to see some visible trends since the beginning of the roadtesting program.

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  • I don't know if there is a formula for success buried in here but for those that are interested:

    I have applied for 25 road tests.

    I have been successful on 15 applications. The 12 listed on the Road Tests Authored page only go back to 2015.

    I was only successful on 1 of the first 4 applications.

    I was successful on 4 out of the first 10 applications. Only one of these was expensive - a Cel Robox 3D printer.

    I had been road testing for 4 years (20 applications) before I got to road test an R&S oscilloscope.

    I have been successful on 9 of the last 10 applications.

    I know my applications have improved over time although the road tests themselves may only be slightly improved - it depends on the device.

    My credibility has definitely improved over time. Putting a big effort into some minor road tests helped a lot. Always putting forth a good effort was crucial.

    Increased general participation on the forum also helped significantly.

  • in reply to dougw

    You've inspired me to check in much the same way ...

    • RoadTests Won - 14 [1 in progress, 2 awarded awaiting commencement]
    • RoadTests Published - 11
    • RoadTests Applied - 26
    • Number of RoadTests applied to before I got awarded my first - 3
    • Successes in first 10 applications - 5
    • Successes in latest 10 applications - 7
    • Time to R&S Oscilloscope - 22 applications, 10 delivered reviews, 7 years since the first application.

     

    I definitely think that I've become slightly more selective but also become more proficient at writing applications leading to a marginally greater chance of success. But overall, there were quite a few products I've applied to and didn't get - but that's not a bad rate overall, all things considered. I think I've actually improved quite a bit and the "snowball" effect is starting to take effect - namely that those with previously awarded test equipment are the ones with the equipment to test the new equipment and compare them, making it more likely to lead to an interesting and informative review, and increasing my chances of being chosen.

     

    - Gough

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  • in reply to dougw

    You've inspired me to check in much the same way ...

    • RoadTests Won - 14 [1 in progress, 2 awarded awaiting commencement]
    • RoadTests Published - 11
    • RoadTests Applied - 26
    • Number of RoadTests applied to before I got awarded my first - 3
    • Successes in first 10 applications - 5
    • Successes in latest 10 applications - 7
    • Time to R&S Oscilloscope - 22 applications, 10 delivered reviews, 7 years since the first application.

     

    I definitely think that I've become slightly more selective but also become more proficient at writing applications leading to a marginally greater chance of success. But overall, there were quite a few products I've applied to and didn't get - but that's not a bad rate overall, all things considered. I think I've actually improved quite a bit and the "snowball" effect is starting to take effect - namely that those with previously awarded test equipment are the ones with the equipment to test the new equipment and compare them, making it more likely to lead to an interesting and informative review, and increasing my chances of being chosen.

     

    - Gough

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  • in reply to Gough Lui

    Those are great stats (not just personally) but showing the progression and why you may have more than others.

     

    Thanks for sharing

    Cheers

    Mark

  • in reply to Gough Lui

    An R&S oscilloscope Tek  PA1000PA1000 Analyser and bunch of other bits You lucky person

  • in reply to COMPACT

    Very much so element14 have taken good care of me and I've taken very good care of the equipment The upcoming BA6010 RoadTest(in progress makes use of five pieces of previously awarded RoadTest equipment(Tek  PA1000PA1000 B&K Model 8600 Keysight  E36103AE36103A PSU Keithley Model 2110 DMM and Picoscope 2205A mainly for convenience for the full"gauntlet of tests Can't say I'm not putting the equipment to good use the test equipment tests the test equipment image.

     

    - Gough

     

    EDIT Forgot to mention the Keysight  U1461AU1461A which got a quick cameo just to verify the calibration on my Keithley 2110 hadn't changed significantly in all these years Also grabbed my own Agilent  U1733CU1733C LCR Meter for a comparison check on top What can I say Lucky but also thorough with applications and reviews I would think otherwise I wouldn't keep getting selected

     

    Now all I need is a VNA/TDR, IR camera, 3D Printer, non-contact voltmeter, CNC mill, drill press, laser engraver .... (dreams off into the distance) ... just kidding image.