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The X-Files

The dataset of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz includes characters from the fictional universe of The X-Files.

Characters

The dataset has 3 characters from this universe. They are ordered in the list below by their notability (see Note 1).

Notability Name
87.7Dana Scully
84.2Fox Mulder
62.9Walter Skinner

To see how each character was rated by users, view their individual page.

Viewership

The graph below shows what percent of people selected this universe as something they knew well enough to rate characters from by the age of the user (for users between 13 and 60 years of age).
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Rating

As part of the survey where they rated characters, users were also asked the question "How do you rate The X-Files?". The distribution of their responses are below.

# Response Count
1 It's the worst 12
2 It's bad 4
3 It's okay 181
4 It's good 689
5 It's my favorite 274

This gives it an average score of 4.04 / 5. Making it 83rd out of the 342 universes in the dataset ordered by rating.

The average rating may be hard to generalize though, the users of one online personality quiz could not be representative of the population in important ways. And there are some very obvious things you can point to: users of this quiz are more likely to be young and more likely to be women.

There are several different ways that average ratings can be broken down. Here are average scores by gender:

Gender Average rating
Male 4.06
Female 4.04

The responses to the personality quiz can also be cross referenced with the universe ratings to see how personality affects it. The table below show the correlation between a user's response to a specific self report item and their rating of this universe.

Item Correlation with rating n
nerd (not jock)0.12431227
haunted (not blissful)0.0919943
arcane (not mainstream)0.07951229
creative (not conventional)0.06461281
low-tech (not high-tech)0.0644968
indulgent (not sober)0.05441223
chaotic (not orderly)0.05281251
blue-collar (not ivory-tower)0.04871220
reclusive (not social)0.04811228
lenient (not strict)0.04521261
loyal (not traitorous)0.0441283
outlaw (not sheriff)0.03851223
awkward (not charming)0.03711282
stylish (not slovenly)0.03551248
stinky (not fresh)0.03441226
frugal (not lavish)0.03331219
angelic (not demonic)0.0311218
sarcastic (not genuine)0.0298971
mature (not juvenile)0.0293920
artistic (not scientific)0.02841000
beta (not alpha)0.02831222
genius (not dunce)0.02731245
reasonable (not deranged)0.02511233
meek (not bossy)0.02411228
altruistic (not selfish)0.02331228
feisty (not gracious)0.02271225
tame (not wild)0.022949
intimate (not formal)0.01971251
creepy (not disarming)0.01661228
stick-in-the-mud (not adventurous)0.01651224
emotional (not logical)0.01441281
rebellious (not obedient)0.01111253
masculine (not feminine)0.00821289
spiritual (not skeptical)0.00691273
nurturing (not poisonous)0.00581225
deep (not shallow)0.00211256

How these items predict the ratings for this universe can be compared to how the same items predict the ratings of other universes. The universes with the most similar patterns on the predictors are:

Notes

  1. Notability is computed as the average of 204: important (not irrelevant) and 401: main character (not side character).
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