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Predicting Jane's Age
Hollylynne Lee
North Carolina State University
When you hear the name Jane,
what or whom do you think of?
Jane Fonda
fitness guru?
Lady Jane
1966 song by the Rolling Stones?
Jane Porter?
You know... Tarzan's Jane!
Jane Seymour
actress?
or
3rd wife of King Henry VIII?
G.I. Jane
1996 movie with Demi Moore?
Jane's Addiction
1980-90's rock band?
Jayne Fleener
Dean of College of Education
NC State University
If you were to meet a female named Jane,
what is your best guess at her likely age?
How did you reason about this?
How might a techno-savvy person approach this?
Google it?
The first hit for searching "Jane's age" is..
A link to a discussion about the following problem
"Jane's age is 2.5 times david's age. In 15 years jane's age will be twice of davids age.
How old was jane 8 years ago ?"
hmmm.... not exactly useful for answering this question!
where might we go for access to information on how to QUANTIFY a best guess at the age of a person named Jane.
Let's use a Computational Search Engine
Wolfram Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/