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07/25/2010 08:08:50 AM · #1
For those of you interested, I've put a version of my vote modeler spreadsheet on Google docs. I figured this was better for keeping track of my votes at work too :)

You can find it here.

If you haven't seen it before, the spreadsheet is designed to show you how many votes of a given value you will need to reach a particular score.

To use it just keep track of your number of votes in column A and your score in column B, it will calculate the rest for you. Column E will show the average of the votes received since your last update, column F (and Q) show the number of future votes, and columns G to P show what your score would be if the votes were of a particular value.

To give an example, if I wanted to see what would happen if my next 10 votes received were 9's (or averaged 9 overall), I would look down column F to find "10", then across from there to column O (the "9 vote" column), and that would show me what my score would be with ten "9" votes. Alternatively, if I wanted to see what my score will be given any possible next vote, I just look at column F for "1" and then look across at each column to see what the score will be if I get that vote.

Unfortunately there's a couple of limitations of the Google Docs version. It's impossible to format a cell based on the value of another cell so the values in R2 and S2 don't actually do anything yet, hopefully they add that in future. Instead, to use the conditional formatting on the scores so that your target scores show up in different colours, select columns G through to P, go to Format menu and select "Change colours with rules..." and enter your target high and target low values in there. Make sure if doing this that you enter the target low and high in the "less than" and "greater than" boxes as well as the "is between" boxes.

I've shared the doc but to actually use it you will need to be signed into Google and then select "Make a copy" from the file menu.

That's all, hope any of you as score obsessive as me enjoy :)
09/18/2010 09:15:58 AM · #2
Thanks for sharing. I've just had a look at this but not sure I am understanding it properly. Is this solely for projections or will it tell me what votes I have had based on number of votes received and average score?

I've just tried it with my current challenge (toilet paper) scores, and I only have a few known values (basically those I posted in the scores thread and my current score)

The data is

Votes Score
67 6.0000
72 5.9722
142 6.0211

But in E2 it says my average vote received is 67.0000 (formula just has "=A2" which explains that... guessing the formula is wrong).

Reading the next row (5) - I see if someone give me a 3 I will go down to 6.0000 and if someone gives me a 10 I will go up to 6.0489.

Or am I using it wrong? Is it because I have such a small set of data to input?

Thanks
09/18/2010 09:38:28 AM · #3
You were right, there was a couple of problems in the Google docs version. It will (should) give you the average votes received as soon as you put 2 inputs, and the projected scores as soon as you put 1.

E2 should be "=B2" not A2, since it is simply a reflection of the only average value you input.

There was also a problem with the conditional formatting on column E where the numbers were there, they were just the same colour as the background, which was only supposed to happen if they were 0, so I've made that all visible to correct that.

I've saved the updated version here.

Once again, to actually use it you'll need to make a copy.

Thanks for the feedback, let me know if you spot anything else!
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