Friday, August 8, 2008

Happy Adult Life Odds Quotient

This is a mathematical equation I constructed during a freewrite to calculate the odds that my life would be happy following my move to Glasgow in 1999 and given the parameters of self and family prior to the move.

HALO (Mike)=             [ (IQ )(R )(ME) ]

                               ----------------------------------

                            (A2 + P + D + K + S + I + $)

Dependent (predicted) variable: HALO = Happy Adult Life Odds
Independent (causal) variables:
Self Variables:
       IQ = Intelligence, R = Resilience, ME = Middle Earth
Family Variables:
       A = Drug addictions, P = Psychiatric hospitalizations,
       D = Divorces, K = Kidnapping incidents,
       S = Suicide attempts, I = Incest accusations,
       $ {1983-1999} = ∑ (Relative poverty Line – Yearly family income)

Yeah. I'm a qualitative social scientist.

-Mike

2 comments:

Colin said...

What good is an equation full of variables with no discernible values?

I WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER!

Mike said...

You're the math guy, Colin. I'm gonna leave you to the measurements.