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Hi,
I would like to ask questions, and all help is appreciated.
1. If I were to compare designs of roofs, etc., should i compare fence, roof, or building design? Which would solve a problem more because all solve problems. Which is a bigger problem?
2. If i were to compare one of them, how can i have a constant change like different material or layers or something that i can add more at a constant amount.
3. What would be a measure of comparison and control?
Thank you very much.
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Roof Design
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Re: Roof Design
Hmm... This is an interesting project idea.
Before I answer your questions, I would like to give you my initial idea. I thought that perhaps you could do the insulation aspect of building design. If you choose insulation, there is a very simple variable that can be incremented: cloth thickness.
1. I would say that roofing is the "biggest problem." This is a very subjective question with no real answer. In my personal experience, I would say that I encounter buildings with leaky roofs (schools!) more than buildings with bad fence design (???). Building design is very generic, so it could apply to many things (structure, insulation, roofing, siding, materials, wall placement, foundation, etc.).
2. If you were to compare them, you could have an independent variable that changes at a constant rate by ensuring that your independent variable is numerical, rather than categorical. Examples of numerical variables in the context of your problem include: number of gables (pointy corner-y things where one flat face of the roof hits another flat face of the roof, creating an angle) in the roof, thickness of insulation material (in number of layers or in inches or centimeters), number of windows, thickness of roof, etc. If you can assign a number to each value of your independent variable, you can change it at a constant interval and fairly compare the two.
3. Your measure of comparison should be any value you think appropriate of the independent variable. If you choose the insulation idea, for example, your interval could be two layers of cloth, or one centimeter of cloth. Your constant will most likely be a value of zero for your numerical independent variable. That means zero layers of cloth (or zero centimeters of insulation) or, in the case of the roofing experiment, zero gables (a completely flat roof, like the leaky ones schools seem to have).
That should about cover it. Please drop a response if my answer is inadequate or if you have any further questions.
Thank you.
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Before I answer your questions, I would like to give you my initial idea. I thought that perhaps you could do the insulation aspect of building design. If you choose insulation, there is a very simple variable that can be incremented: cloth thickness.
1. I would say that roofing is the "biggest problem." This is a very subjective question with no real answer. In my personal experience, I would say that I encounter buildings with leaky roofs (schools!) more than buildings with bad fence design (???). Building design is very generic, so it could apply to many things (structure, insulation, roofing, siding, materials, wall placement, foundation, etc.).
2. If you were to compare them, you could have an independent variable that changes at a constant rate by ensuring that your independent variable is numerical, rather than categorical. Examples of numerical variables in the context of your problem include: number of gables (pointy corner-y things where one flat face of the roof hits another flat face of the roof, creating an angle) in the roof, thickness of insulation material (in number of layers or in inches or centimeters), number of windows, thickness of roof, etc. If you can assign a number to each value of your independent variable, you can change it at a constant interval and fairly compare the two.
3. Your measure of comparison should be any value you think appropriate of the independent variable. If you choose the insulation idea, for example, your interval could be two layers of cloth, or one centimeter of cloth. Your constant will most likely be a value of zero for your numerical independent variable. That means zero layers of cloth (or zero centimeters of insulation) or, in the case of the roofing experiment, zero gables (a completely flat roof, like the leaky ones schools seem to have).
That should about cover it. Please drop a response if my answer is inadequate or if you have any further questions.
Thank you.
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