Again, not possible, due to Daigian being just 0.3SD below the Mean - Edit 1
Before modification by Shannow at 19/11/2012 08:44:38 AM
Daigian is just about strong enough to be AS, and I think RJ obviously put her in there to give us a clear bottom rung for Aes Sedai. And he gave us a useful comparison between her and the weakest woman we know who can channel reliably, Sorelia:
Now, my interpretation of this quote is open to discussion, but I think what this is intended to show is that Daigian sits halfway between a powerful Aes Sedai and the weakest of channelers. Cadsuane would consider a woman like Verin to be moderately strong. The presence of Sorelia makes her perspective shift, making it seem like Daigian is of that range. To me that implies that the scale would be
Sorelia + X=Daigian
Daigian + X= Verin
Verin + X= Moiraine
Based on all this, I put Sorelia at about 5, Daigian at 25 , Verin at about 45, and Moiraine at 65.
Leanne, afer being healed, was at the bottom of the heap, at less than half her former strength of 60. At half strength of 30, she would have been at a somewhat better position, and two-thirds her strength, 40, she says most Aes Sedai would have been as strong or stronger (and this makes perfect sense as the Aes Sedai mean will definitely be a bit lower than the overall mean, given how they don't have many stronger women).
Abruptly, the glow of saidar surrounded the leather-faced woman. She was weak enough to make Daigian look at least moderately strong.
Now, my interpretation of this quote is open to discussion, but I think what this is intended to show is that Daigian sits halfway between a powerful Aes Sedai and the weakest of channelers. Cadsuane would consider a woman like Verin to be moderately strong. The presence of Sorelia makes her perspective shift, making it seem like Daigian is of that range. To me that implies that the scale would be
Sorelia + X=Daigian
Daigian + X= Verin
Verin + X= Moiraine
Based on all this, I put Sorelia at about 5, Daigian at 25 , Verin at about 45, and Moiraine at 65.
Leanne, afer being healed, was at the bottom of the heap, at less than half her former strength of 60. At half strength of 30, she would have been at a somewhat better position, and two-thirds her strength, 40, she says most Aes Sedai would have been as strong or stronger (and this makes perfect sense as the Aes Sedai mean will definitely be a bit lower than the overall mean, given how they don't have many stronger women).
I do think you are making the AS too strong here. There isn't enough room for Egwene to be 2x Amys, who is stronger than most AS and roughly 50% Egwene. Leane pre Stilling would have be roughly the same level as Amys, so her being 60 is way too high IMO. If you place Leane around a 45, Amys around 42 and Melaine at 38 it all still works. Leane would now be in the ballpark of 18 and Siuan goes from about 50 to 20 and Moiraine can drop to about a 12 and with the angreal magnifying 5x would still be stronger than before.
If you put Leane at 18, then Daigian cannot be higher than 17.
Daigian is 0.3SD below the mean. That's established by RJ's quote. Meaning she is 33 Units below the Mean. Meaning the SD = 33 x3 = around 100!
Clearly impossible in a normal distribution, as all living channelers would then fall within half of 1 SD from the Mean.
Again, the maths are really simple. You can use any figures you want. It is clear that we're not talking about a normal distribution here.