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Jamie and JJ's Baby Pool

Welcome to our baby pool. We are curious to see what predictions our friends and family have. We look forward to and Thank you for your participation!

Alexander's expected due date is 2/16/12.

 

 
 
 
Entered Sort by EnteredPerson Sort by PersonEmail Sort by EmailBirth Date Sort by Birth DateBirth Time Sort by Birth TimeLength Sort by LengthWeight Sort by WeightComments/ Congratulations Sort by Comments/ Congratulations
2012-01-05 06:33:16Anneke Sajohns14@?
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2012-02-1421:2021.5006.875
6 lbs 14oz
I have a gift for the baby... we have to figure out when I can visit!
2012-01-01 11:28:37Beccabecca@???.
net
2012-02-1923:1020.3307.250
7 lbs 4oz
We're so excited for the birth of your baby boy. Enjoy this special bit of time when he's as close to you as he'll ever be... we can't wait until he emerges and we get to see his beautiful face!
2012-02-09 10:49:55Jessie mcgillanJessicamcg
illan@???.
com
2012-02-2315:2120.0007.250
7 lbs 4oz
 
2011-12-31 15:13:06rachel rodriguez schwabrachel_lou
iserodrigu
ez@???.com
2012-02-1412:0021.0007.400
7 lbs 6oz
Congrats on your blessing from above
2012-02-09 13:44:22Tracitraci.aspi
nwall@???.
com
2012-02-1622:1521.0008.600
8 lbs 10oz
 
2011-12-31 15:18:07Steph Cowart 2012-02-1820:1520.8007.688
7 lbs 11oz
 
2011-12-31 15:45:30Shawna N  2012-02-1218:1122.0007.563
7 lbs 9oz
 
2011-12-31 16:23:40Robyn 2011-12-2007:2821.0007.563
7 lbs 9oz
 
2011-12-31 19:00:51Brittany Stockton 2012-02-2109:1919.0007.625
7 lbs 10oz
 
2011-12-31 20:19:45Danielle Good 2012-02-2203:1019.5007.375
7 lbs 6oz
 
2012-01-01 17:52:16Adrienne C 2012-02-1103:1221.0007.563
7 lbs 9oz
 
2012-02-09 10:33:44Katie K 2012-02-1309:1319.5007.100
7 lbs 2oz
 
2012-02-09 11:56:09Jen Durand 2012-02-2623:4920.5008.500
8 lbs 8oz
 
2012-02-09 17:55:41Shawn Durand 2012-02-2009:1968.000125.000
125 lbs
He's gonna be a soccer playa. Good luck :)




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Email (Optional)
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messages such as a birth announcement or other information related to this pool.)
Birth Date
Use format yyyy-mm-dd (e.g. 2005-12-31)
  NOTE: It's not uncommon to mis-type the year part of
the date - please double check the year you enter.
 
Birth Time
24-hour format (e.g. 20:00 for 8pm)              
ampm
Length inches
(e.g. 20, 21.5, 22.33)
 
Weight lbs
(e.g. 6, 7.5, 8.33)
lbs oz
 
Comments/Congratulations

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Statistics:

Guesses:    14
 
 
Average Length:    20.55 in
 
Average Weight:        7.57 lbs
 
   
 
 

Scoring Explanation:

A pool entry/guess entails up to 9 components. The pool administrator chooses which components to include (in dark text below). An exact match results in a zero (0)—a perfect score—for that component. The overall score is the total points of all the active components.

Points are determined as follows:

Birth Date
1 point for each day of the week before or after actual (for instance, off by two weeks means 14 points).

Birth Time
A value ranging roughly between 0 – 3 points for time of day (approximately 0.12 points per hour difference. For instance, plus or minus 4 hours is approximately a half point; birth date is not part of the calculation, so clock time is relative and not calculated across the midnight boundary).

Gender
1 point if guess is wrong.

Length
1 point for every inch (or 0.3937 points per cm) greater or less than actual (technically, if the actual is 20 inches and the guess is of 19.999, then 1/1000 of a point is added, for example).

Weight
1 point for every lb (or 2.2 points per kg) greater or less than actual (technically, if the actual is 7 lbs and the guess is of 7.001, then 1/1000 of a point is added, for example).

Hair
1 point if guess is wrong.

Eyes
1 point if guess is wrong.

First Name & Middle Name
On average, one will gain 2 to 4 points for an incorrect guess.

The characters of a name are analyzed for similarity. Character parity, order, and count determine how close the guess is to the actual; phonetic distance is also taken into account. For example, if the actual name is "Bart", then:

"Barry" scores better than "Bartholomew" (count: Bart [4], Barry [5], Bartholomew [11]).
"Brad" scores better than "Jill" (parity: Brad contains the 'a' & 'r', but Jill contains neither).
"Marli" scores better than "Keira" (order: both contain the 'a' & 'r' of Bart, but in Keira it occurs in the wrong order).

If the actual name is "Stu", then:
"Stew" scores better than "Stan" (phonetic: pronunciation usage of 'u' more closely related to 'ew' than 'an').

Case matters ('A' is not equal to 'a')!

There's also significant penalty points for a guess that looks like a non-guess: "?" or "???", for instance.

Note: When the administrator of the baby pool enters the Actual Results, some, but not all components may be filled in. Actual Results components of numeric type which are left blank will default to zero (0). Blank multiple choice components will display blank and 1 point is applied equally to all participants for that component. If the Actual Results are removed and re-entered (for the sake of corrections/additions), scores will be recalculated. If a pool component is deselected by the pool administrator, any data entered while it was active will be ignored by the total score calculation.