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The first survey of 100 pages was conducted on Friday 24th of January 2003. The second survey was conducted on Monday 26th of January 2004 (and it was late by only 11 months!).
Methodology: Visit
Random page and record the resulting visited page. Repeat a further 99 times.
I have attempted to classify each page into general categories. The categories are not perfect. Please discuss any errors or issues with my classification system on the
talk page so I can fix them. (The classification of the second survey is a little inconsistent with that of the first, but this does not affect the summary.)
Summary
January 2003
29% United States geography
20% Science and technology (mathematics, zoology, physics, anatomy, geology, genetics, computer science, archaeology, nautical, military, etc.)
16% People
16% Culture (literature, mythology, art, film, television, cuisine, video games, games, etc.)
7% Non-U.S. geography (places or facts about other countries)
7% History (including dates and politics)
5% Counting errors on my part
2% were disambiguation pages.
0% of pages appeared more than once.
January 2004
23% Culture
20% United States geography
19% Science and technology
13% People
13% History
6% Non-U.S. geography
6% Counting errors
2% were disambiguation pages.
0% of pages appeared more than once.
Survey Data
January 2003
(Entries are U.S. geography unless otherwise stated. These classifications are consolidated into those used in the summary, above.)
McKinley Township, Minnesota
Shamokin Township, Pennsylvania
Hancock County, Tennessee
Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems (military)
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Fern Forest, Hawaii
Hammerstone (geology)
1847 (history)
West Leechburg, Pennsylvania
Trenton, Dodge County, Wisconsin
General nature of the evidence of Aegean civilization (history)
Bjarne Stroustrup (person)
West St. Paul, Minnesota
Neuron (anatomy)
Lorraine G. Bay (person)
Super Mario Land (video game)
Mount Athos (geography)
Henrietta Township, Minnesota
Nome, North Dakota
Sum rule in integration (mathematics)
Church Creek, Maryland
Bonobo (zoology)
Men (Middle-earth) (literature)
West Brandywine Township, Pennsylvania
San Luis Obispo, California
List of Arizona counties
Columbia County, Arkansas
Economy of Uganda (geography)
Chromosome walking (genetics)
Neil Finn (person)
Reference work (literature)
Sherd (archaeology)
Louis Dembitz Brandeis (person)
Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis (person)
1414 (history)
Maltheism (religion)
Black Dog Productions (music)
Bobby Joe Morrow (person)
Primary rate interface (electronics)
Angler's loop (crafts)
The Two Towers (literature)
Bartholomeus de Glanvilla (person)
SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (history)
Support vector machine (mathematics)
Thierry La Fronde (television show)
Computer program analysis (computer science)
Valentinian II (person)
Doujinshi (literature)
Minangkabau (geography)
Murray City, Ohio
Harbor Springs, Michigan
Pontifex Maximus (history)
Springville, California
Barge (nautical)
RACK (game)
Ezra Pound (person)
Modern discovery of Babylonia and Assyria (history)
Barometer (physics)
Leadville North, Colorado
Casa delle Libertà (politics)
Moving Sidewalks (music)
Lind National Park (geography)
Chip n Dale (film)
David Stark (person, disambiguation page)
Parkside, Pennsylvania
ActiveX (computer science)
Danube, Minnesota
Euryclea (mythology)
Saeed Alghamdi (person)
Menominee County, Michigan
1641 (history)
J. C. Jacobsen (person)
Economy of Guinea (geography)
Stonington (U.S. geography, disambiguation page)
Link topology (computer science)
Ugo Nespolo (person)
West Freehold, New Jersey
List of sculptors (art)
Lycomedes (mythology)
Plasma physics (physics)
Crème brulée (cuisine)
El Mirage, Arizona
Tina, Missouri
Presidential Medal of Freedom (history)
B-star-algebra (mathematics)
Raymond Queneau (person)
Politics of Bulgaria (geography)
Clark, South Dakota
Pioneer P-31 (space technology)
Manufacturing (technology)
American Curl cat (zoology)
Treaty of Verdun (history)
Martin Agricola (person)
Australia (geography)
Narrowsburg, New York
Washington Township, Gratiot County, Michigan
Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy (person)
Hydrogen peroxide (chemistry)
Bowbells, North Dakota
Soul Blade (video game)
January 2004
Condé Nast (books)
Rod Langway (sport)
Kenesaw Mountain Landis (sport)
Joan Apsley (person)
Carsonville Township, Minnesota
Online audio store (music)
Lusby, Maryland
I'm a Little Teapot (music)
Nile (band) (music)
Westline Township, Minnesota
Matthew Cook (person)
West Union, Ohio
John III of Sweden (person)
Railroad worm (zoology)
Umbra (science)
West Des Moines, Iowa
Phalanx (disambiguation)
Wellesley College (education)
List of female composers (music)
1946 in television (history)
Interstate 73
Coprophilia (psychology)
Anton Raphael Mengs (person)
Mode field diameter (technology)
St Olave's Grammar School (education)
Anhinga (zoology)
Blairstown, Iowa
E. Fuller Torrey (person)
Woodloch, Texas
Perchance to Dream (operetta) (music)
Diophantus (person)
List of Indonesians (geography)
Okapi (zoology)
Aero Continente (aviation)
Arno Schmidt (person)
Labyrinth seal (technology)
Laws of war (law)
Occitan language (language)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (disambiguation)
Mobeetie, Texas
Justin, Texas
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (person)
Wayleave (law)
Freddy Heineken (person)
El Goonish Shive (comic)
ISO 3166-2:BR (geography)
Cumulative voting (politics)
1340 (history)
Beatrix Farrand (person)
Red Skelton (person)
Milton (band) (music)
Hephthalite (history)
Mayer, Minnesota
Mount Pleasant, Green County, Wisconsin
Ichneumon wasp (zoology)
Kerri Yascheshyn (person)
Heather Hippo (cartoon)
Shape (mathematics)
Ma'lul (geography)
HP 49G (technology)
The Rose (movie) (film)
Battle of Benevento (history)
Siddhartha (literature)
Vegeto (cartoon)
Wadden Sea (geography)
Jeff Cohen (person)
Andover, Ohio
Swedish alphabet (language)
Devin Townsend (person)
Generation X: Tales For An Accelerated Culture (literature)
List of Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles (history)
Haijby affair (history)
List of non-endemic ant species introduced to Great Britain and Ireland (zoology)
Soil test (geology)
Neutrophilia (medicine)
1970 in literature (literature)
Arpinum (history)
Sports injuries (medicine)
Heinz Winckler (person)
Morpheus (god) (mythology)
Joan of Kent (person)
William Goldsmith (person)
Horst and Graben (geology)
Cottonwood, South Dakota
Morning Glory, Texas
Midwest Conference (original) (sport)
List of device bandwidths (technology)
Todd Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
North Hero Township, Minnesota
Intel 80486 OverDrive (technology)
Brady Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Short-recoil (technology)
Whitstable (geography)
1944 (history)
G-protein coupled receptors (medicine)
Kenneth, Minnesota
Ellen Tauscher (person)
London County Council (geography)
European Parliament Election 2004 (politics)
Bloomington, Illinois