George J. Dance wrote:

>
> "Chimp Obsesso" - Jim Senetto's Dockery Obsession Index, Sep. 14, 2022

> It should be obvious to anyone reading the list that there has been a
> sharp increase in Jim Senetto's this past week. However, "obvious" isn't
> always good enough. Accordingly, when asked for statistical evidence, I
> decided to see what I could come up with.

> Methodology - I decided to limit myself to the subject's OPs, to
> eliminate replies to others' posts that mentioned Will, or that simply
> quoted mentions of Will, neither of which is credible evidence of
> obsession. Using the Google feed,

> For the previous 7 days (Sept. 7-13) I added up the number of OPs made
> by the subject, and the number that mentioned Will, for the 7-day period
> Sept. 7-13 and used the latter as a percentage of the former to
> calculate the subject's Dockery Obsession Index. I then used the
> previous 8 days (Aug. 30-Sep. 6), adding an extra day to make up for
> Labor Day (when the subject did not post any OPs).

> Results - For the control period, the subject made 18 OPs, 10 of which
> mentioned or alluded to Will Dockery, for a Dockery Obsession Index of
> 55.56%. In contrast, over the following 7 days saw the subject's OPs
> nearly doubled, from 18 to 35. Even more dramatic was the rise in posts
> mentioning Will Dockery, which rose from 10 to 29, nearly triple. Which
> gives the subject a Dockery Obsession Index of 82.86%.

> I think these figures speak for themselves.

As the numbers rise, to this day.