| January 2008
Canadians and ROCK! PAPER! SCISSORS!
Half of Canadians choose ROCK!
We have all been there. Standing outside a movie theatre
with a friend trying to decide between two movies. Or negotiating
with your kids to pick between two activities.
THE WORLD RPS SOCIETY
OFFICIAL ABRIDGED RULES OF PLAY 1.0 The Game
is played where the players substitute the three elements
of Rock, Paper and Scissors with representative hand
signals.
2.0 These hand signals are delivered simultaneously
by the players
3.0 The Outcome of play is determined by the following:
- Rock wins against Scissors,
- Scissors wins against Paper
- Paper wins against Rock
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One of favourite decision making tools to deal with
such choices is Rock! Paper! Scissors! It is a simple
game all decided upon quick thinking and sleight of
hand.
When faced with the choice, we found that half of Canadians
(49%) choose Rock! Among the remainder, 35% choose Paper!
And one in six (16%) picked Scissors!
To see the differences, some subtle and others significant,
across various demographic, political affiliation and
regional categories we encourage all to browse our report. |
Download:
REPORT: Canadians
& ROCK! PAPER! SCISSORS! (Jan 2008) PDF
Resources on the Internet:
World RPS Society
http://www.worldrps.com
Computational Algorithms & Strategies for MMORPGs:
http://davidbau.com/archives/2007/01/27/rps_battle_of_wits.html
“Insights into Canadians” is one of a number of nationally
syndicated studies conducted by ZINC Research Inc. and its
partner, online research specialists Dufferin Research, via
their monthly Voyageur Omnibus. This ongoing study tracks
online Canadians interest, activity and membership to social
networking sites.This survey was conducted between December
14 to 19, via and online poll of 1,200 Canadians (adults,
18 years+). The sample is census representative by region,
gender and age. Based on global tracking, approximately 70%
of Canadians have access to the Internet, and this methodology
is considered representative of the Canadian population.
For further information about these survey results or the
methodology, please contact either:
Brian Singh
Managing Director – ZINC Research, Inc
brian@zincresearch.com
(403) 269-7526
John P. Larsen
Communications Officer – ZINC Research. Inc
(403) 860-1421
Rick Frank
President – Dufferin Research, Inc.
rickf@dufferinresearch.com
(613) 730-4664 x 221 |
