To see in more detail how the recent fund drive went, I started looking at
the raw data and put some figures together here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tobacman/Stats/Fundraising
. Comparing this most recent fundraiser to the two earlier fundraisers in
2005, it seems very clear that *something* happened to make the week
following 12/28/2005 a very good one for the Foundation. More specifically,
previous fundraisers had tended to fizzle, and this one seemed to be taking
a similar path until its New Year's fireworks.
How can we figure out what made this fundraiser take off?
Maybe additional data, tests, or experiments could help in future planning--
It would be great if we could have the techniques in place for such
remarkable success from the very beginning of the next fundraiser.
Jeremy