leftinbasketforfbi | 3rd Study Done Β Video/Action for Mio Ψ

[He doesn't like going on the network. Like, he really doesn't like going on the network. Unfortunately, he has to move past it right now because SCIENCE and also his munna is sick.

So when the feed starts, Reid (who is wearing HUGE glasses today) is sitting with his back against a tree, taking a break from all the traveling with Mio. Yang the Absol is curled up next to Reid's leg, staring at the communicator. In Reid's arms is the most sad-looking munna ever, and its face looked a little green. It's a sick, sad munna.]

Um, hi?

[Reid cradles Flora the munna carefully, readjusting the glasses on his nose.] Right. Uh, for those of you who don't know, I'm Dr. Spencer Reid. Not that--you don't have to call me that. Spencer or Reid will work fine.

[As you can probably tell, Reid is not good at talking to lots of strangers.]

It's come to my attention that no one's ever formally gathered data about arrivals and departures from this place, and in hopes of finding a pattern that could lead us to being able to better predict who might come and go, I put together a survey. The more people who contribute, the more useful the results will be, so any spare moment you could use to fill it out would be appreciated.

[He switches to text briefly to provide a link to the survey.]

This, um... isn't exactly my realm of expertise? That is, my specialty is largely theoretical and practical applications of knowledge, not setting up studies, and without any kind of possible beta testing, this study isn't exactly what I would call formal. So really, any suggestions on how to improve it or any help from people experienced with correlational studies would be helpful.

On a more personal note...

[He glances down, his glasses hiding his eyes, and he shifts so the munna is more visible on the screen. The poor thing looks utterly pathetic--she's not even hovering.]

Flora has been very sick since she hatched. Does anyone know what might be wrong with her?

[She'll tell you what's wrong with her. She's living off a steady diet of nothing but sleep terrors and nightmares. Reid, you really should see someone about that.]

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I'm going to go talk to her when we get to Violet.

[Reid frowns, fidgeting with his hands.] The only problem is that the pool of survey-takers will be very self-selecting, and therefore biased. There are a lot of people who won't want to answer those questions--I, I really don't blame them, because I wouldn't either--and that will probably lead to skewed data. [He gives a shrug. He figures that he's probably going to need to keep giving this link to people for a few months before he gets enough data to really compile.] But I guess that's better than no data at all.

I'm a, I'm a profiler? I work in the FBI to find criminals by making a hypothesis about how their minds work. But I have degrees in engineering, chemistry, and mathematics as well.

[If he were a Pokémon, Hope's ears would have been pricked up so high... But as it were this is just voice so Reid cant see him.]

As you said, some data is better than nothing-- and since you are a profiler, it would be better for you of all people to make sense of what people give you, yes?

I'm only an engineer and a scientist, so I doubt I would be able to get the most out of it if I did it myself.

Well, yeah, my background in psychology will make it easier for me to extract information from people's answers, what they choose to say and what they don't, how they say it, and so on.

[Reid readjusts his glasses, but that can't exactly be seen.] The issue is that I don't have experience analyzing raw data in correlational studies. I think I'll be able to do it, but it'd be best if we could find a research psychologist or someone along those lines to help.

Another psychologist, then? Unfortunately I'm not familiar with everyone within Johto and I have never been to Kanto, so finding someone who can actually parse that information would be tough. [tldr sorry I'm not useful.]

However... If you need some kind of assistance, I'll be happy to help.

Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. [No, seriously, he will. He remembers.] Your specialty is engineering, right?

Yes, it is. I've dabbled in most of it except for biological, chemical, agricultural and similar fields.

Okay, then I'll remember that if I have need help with something related to your area of expertise.

Just look for Hope Estheim, or you may call me personally on my Gear.

Thank you. I'll remember that.

[And he will. He's already memorized your number. Then again, he's memorized all these people's numbers because he automatically remembers everything he reads. Eidetic memory for the win?]

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