#fshoker

Bookmarks:

Shakarian (5), Shaynor (4), MShenko (3), FShiara (3), FShoker (3), FShrios (3), FShega (2), FShenko (1) 

Comments:

Shakarian (6), MShenko (5), FShega (5), FShiara (4), Shaynor (4), FShoker (3), FShrios (4), FShenko (2)

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SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS

I compared characteristics to identify confounding factors. Samples are comparable and indicate the primary causative variable is the ship.

Word Count:

FShiara (3000), Shaynor (2500), Shakarian (2400), MShenko (2300), FShoker (2100), FShrios (2000), Shega (2000), FShenko (1800)

Date Posted:

MShenko (Jan 2016), FShenko (May 2016), FShrios (June 2016), Shakarian (Dec 2016), FShiara (Jan 2017), FShoker (Jan 2017), FShega (Jan 2017), Shaynor (April 2017)

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EPIC-LENGTH FIC STATS

Out of curiosity, since I love to read and write epics, I compared the major ships for >80,000 words.  Data is less dependable since sample size is less.

Kudos: 

MShenko (220), Shakarian (126), FShiara (117), FShenko (75)

Word Count:

FShiara (140,000), MShenko (138,000), FShenko (136,000), Shakarian (131,000)

Sample Size:

Shakarian (149 total, 44% completed), FShiara (79 total, 43% completed), FShenko (73 total, 51% completed), MShenko (40 total, 73% completed)

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Commentary:  

Popularity Stats: The major ships, except for FShenko, consistently have the highest stats.  Despite the larger sample size, Shakarian performs the same as MShenko and FShiara.  The minor ships I studied were about equal.  FShenko consistently had less than half the stats of the other major ships and brings up the rear, even behind the minor ships studied.

Epic-Length Stats: MShenko has nearly twice as many kudos on average as Shakarian and FShiara and three times as many as FShenko.  This is likely due to the smaller number of epic-length fics available and the higher completion rate. FShiara and Shakarian are about equal. Again, FShenko takes up the tail.

Kudos/Hits Ratio:  To correct for the wide range in popularity (hits), I calculated the median kudos / median hits. 

FShrios (5.7%), Shakarian (5.6%), MShenko (5.5%), FShenko (5.2%), FShega (5.1%), FShoker (4.8%), FShiara (4.2%), Shaynor (4.0%)

With these results, it appears minor ships and FShenko fall amid the major ships. The difference in average number of kudos seems more a factor of ship popularity (hits) than a difference in reader responsiveness.  

Conclusions:

Most major ships have higher stats than minor ships (unsurprisingly)

Shakarian, MShenko, and FShiara are the most popular and fall about even

FShenko is the least popular. It falls well below other major ships and is even outperformed by the minor ships I studied

Correcting for popularity (hits), the ships get about equal engagement.  FShenko and the minor ships fall even with the Shakarian, MShenko, and FShiara