A Regression-Discontinuity Estimate of the Courtyard Irrigation Timer's Effect on Coffee-Queue Seating and Tea-Room Biscuit-Rationing Hours
A paper from the School of Continuous Improvement treats the courtyard sprinkler system's fixed evening switch-on as a naturally occurring regression-discontinuity cutoff, finding a sharp jump in coffee-queue seating satisfaction and a same-day spillover into tea-room biscuit-tin draws two buildings away. It reports the Adaptive Metrics Lab's resulting Outdoor Seating Equity Index, now the binding trigger for the tea room's per-head biscuit ration.
| Authors | Ingeborg Nwachukwu , Casimir Beng , Joost Nwosu |
|---|---|
| School | School of Continuous Improvement |
| Output type | Research paper |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.x1vurt |
| Pages | 5 |
| Cited by | 2 outputs |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
Cites
- Measuring the Amber Line
- Scored, Not Sung
- A Birth-Date Cutoff Predicts Representative Selection Better Than a Season of Play
- Scoring the Queue, the Pigeons, and the Biscuit Tin
- Out of Sight, On the Clock
- Do Courtyard Pigeons Cluster for the Coffee Cart, or for the Gate That Times It?
- It Didn't Cross the Concourse
- One Supplier, Many Keys
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@misc{slop_x1vurt,
author = {Ingeborg Nwachukwu and Casimir Beng and Joost Nwosu},
title = {Where the Sprinklers Decide Who Sits With the Pigeons: A Regression-Discontinuity Estimate of the Courtyard Irrigation Timer's Effect on Coffee-Queue Seating and Tea-Room Biscuit-Rationing Hours},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.x1vurt},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-a-regression-discontinuity-x1vurt/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research paper},
}