Talk:Soldier Name Stats
Page rewritten to remove duplicates
In my original version of the Soldier Name Stats page, I included testing results and speculation about duplicate names. Since then, Zaimoni made an excellent observation (see next) and Sowelu and especially Seb76 nailed down how duplicates work. Therefore I rewrote (and greatly simplified!) the page; to see the old page and Sowelu and Seb76's notes, see this.
Good work, all! -MikeTheRed 15:21, 2 September 2012 (EDT)
Even one data set having no duplicates would be strong evidence of deduplication, but twenty?
For a batch of 100, the theoretical probability that no name is duplicated in a batch, where the names are purely chosen randomly, is the series product
| Π k=1100..1199 | k 1200 |
Numerically (putting this into a spreadsheet), this comes out to ~0.013154 . We have five significant digits even if the spreadsheet used typical C floats. [Lose two compared to base type because of the 199 multiplications and divisions done, but typical C floats have 7 significant digits.]
This does complicate testing whether the six name categories are being selected in a way compatible with a good random number generator. The deduplication means the Χ² test is not directly applicable.
--- Zaimoni 6:59 July 22, 2006 (CDT)
American, not British...
I hate to be contentious, but I'd venture to dispute the notion that there are two "British" name sets. Set one would produce quite unexceptional (and unexceptionable) British names, but the second? No. Set two looks to my British eyes distinctly American. Of the forenames, Barbara, Carl, Catherine, Donald, Ed, Evelyn, Kevin, Mark, Patricia, Samuel and Tom are not unusual British forenames (Carl less so than the others; Samuel would more often be just Sam, and Evelyn IMHO would belong to my parents' generation, not mine); nobody who isn't upper-class AND elderly would be likely to be named Austin or Clarence; Calvin, Dwight, Lester, Oscar, Sigourney, Spencer and Virgil simply scream "Alien!" "American!" at me.
--KayDekker 06:18, 30 April 2008 (PDT)
- I'd have to agree with you there KayDekker. It would seem strange that there wouldn't be an American set of names as that is the largest funding country of all.--Zombie 14:37, 30 April 2008 (PDT)
- Hi KayDekker, I originally wrote the page and just figured "it's a British game", shrug. I'm American and I guess it takes someone else to see oneself clearly, eh? Though to be honest, some of the American ones are pretty rare to me... Sigourney Weaver is the only Sigourney I've ever known. Anyway, thanks! -MikeTheRed 15:21, 2 September 2012 (EDT)
TFTD
Are the soldier name pools identical in UFO and TFTD? Magic9mushroom (talk) 20:37, 10 March 2016 (EST)
First names
British (0-19)
- Stephen, Martin, Guy, Stuart, Nick,
- Andrew, Bill, Edward, Terry, Tim,
- Drew, Paul, Matthew, Greg, Bob,
- Amanda, Annette, Charlie, Donna, Melanie
American(20-39)
- Mickey, Quentin, Tom, Mark, Max,
- Carl, Samuel, Scott, Conner, Ted,
- Virgil, Richard, Spencer, Guido, Jason,
- Malory, Uma, Claire, Tracey, Rachel
Russian(40-59)
- Sergei, Boris, Vladimir, Victor, Gennadi,
- Krug, Stanil, Orski, Igor, Yuri,
- Andrei, Nikolai, Dmitriy, Grigoriy, Ivan,
- Lyudmila, Olga, Tatyana, Galina, Astra
Spanish(60-79)
- Miguel, Juan, Javier, Alfredo, Jaime,
- Franco, Carlos, Manuel, Rodreigo, Edwardo,
- Marti, Phillipe, Emilio, Jose, Danni,
- Estella, Maria, Rosa, Deborah, Lisa
German(80-99)
- Hans, Otto, Manfred, Klaus, Dieter,
- Wolfgang, Matthias, Gunter, Werner, Gerhard,
- Siegfried, Rudi, Jurgen, Stefan, Franz,
- Uta, Gudrun, Christel, Karin, Helga
France(100-119)
- Henri, Jacques, Rene, Jean, Gaston,
- Gerard, Louis, Marcel, Leon, Pierre,
- Bernard, Marc, Claude, Armand, Emile,
- Micheline, Sylvie, Arlette, Colette, Jacqueline
Surnames
British (0-19)
- Goss, Severn, Jeffries, Cook, Whyte,
- Smillie, Bell, Thompson, Barna, Garnier,
- Greer, Roberts, Northcott, Truss, Knott,
- Lemarchand, Broomhall, Parton, Shill, Ayliffe
American (20-39)
- Tarantino, Chaney, Kemp, Carr, Remmington,
- Spanburg, Moreland, Hieke, Hand, Johnston,
- Scotney, Knox, Morris, Curtis, Conway,
- Talbot, Harrison, Smith, King, McLoud
Russian (40-59)
- Lucketski, Pavlov, Donski, Bakeovich, Chipov,
- Mannski, Korkia, Moschievs, Dudeski, Partonov,
- Broomski, Gakanovitch, Samsenko, Kurkenko, Yakubik,
- Alkaviades, Curiarkin, Andianov, Vostokski, Bulakov
Spanish (60-79)
- Centeno, Torres, Quevedo, Marques, Aguila,
- Vasquez, Alcala, Velasquez, Marillo, Martinez,
- Gonzales, Pantenella, Hernandez, Mescal, Estavez,
- Escobar, Carlos, Ramirez, Bonal, Cuervo
German (80-99)
- Steinbach, Mederow, Meyer, Ulbricht, Berger,
- Faerber, Gunkel, Krause, Keller, Brehme,
- Vogel, Hafner, Schultz, Richter, Esser,
- Zander, Seidler, Unger, Geisler, Heinsch
French(100-119)
- Dujardin, Cuvelier, Gressier, Lecointe, Gautier,
- Bouissou, Marcelle, Bouton, Lefevre, Laroyenne,
- Dreyfus, Dagallier, Guerin, Pecheux, Buchard,
- Collignon, Revenu, Coicaud, Gaudin, Luget