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Re:Multidimensional analysis of plot arcs in thousands of TV... by blowski on Thursday December 18, 2014 @07:31AM (#8766953)
Any unit of measurement would have been arbitrary, and twelfths at least lets you refer to the first third, quarter or half. No idea whether that was the rationale, but I don't think any other division would have seriously affected the point the article is making.
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Re:Multidimensional analysis of plot arcs in thousands of TV... by jevgeni on Thursday December 18, 2014 @09:34AM (#8767325)
Well, if the point of the study would change with the choice of the units, then the study isn't that good, is it? :)

I'm not arguing the point. I'm arguing, that using twelfths has not utility over using per cent, for example, but is counter-intuitive.

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