I'm writing to ask your help in gathering information for the Scientology Stats Project at http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/index.html .
It's been a few years since we made any tabulations, partly because there have been some gaps in the data. If you have any Scientology magazines, or if you know anyone who does, you can help!
Thanks to some prodding from Patty Pieniadz, I've recently added several new completions lists to the site. (I believe Patty has been posting these to a.r.s., and it looks like they're finding their way here, as well. I'm always happy to see the data spread around where people can use it!)
My original motivation for the stats project was to gain a better understanding of the CoS's success rate. Were they really growing? Were they shrinking? By how much?
My preliminary analysis of Celebrity magazine stats, from November 2003, even gave me some approximate answers to questions like
How long do new members stay involved?
How many services do new members take?
How long does it take to go Clear?
How long does it take to go OT?
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/ccint/prelimanalysis.html
I'm looking forward to doing some updated analysis.
You can help.
Here's what I'm missing:
SOURCE MAGAZINE
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/source/index.html
Of the 190 issues of Source Magazine, we are only missing 3.
From 2007
Source 188
Source 189
Source 197-most current
One we get these three issues we can show Flag's completions stats since their opening in 1975. That's 32 years worth of stats.
FREEWINDS
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/fw/index.html
We are only missing 3 magazines. Once we have the lists from these 3 missing mags, we will have 19 years of Freewinds completions and OT 8's.
Missing
2006
Freewinds 61
Freewinds 62
Freewinds 63
CELEBRITY CENTER INT
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/ccint/index.html
Not all Celebrity Magazines have completions. Celebrity alternately issues a Major and Minor magazine. The Major magazine issues have the completions list.
MISSING
2005
Celebrity 368 September 2005
Celebrity 369 November 2005
2006
Celebrity 372 Major February 2006
We are missing Celebrity Issues from July 2006 to present. Those would be any Celebrity Mag numbered from 377 and up.
NOTE: I'm also missing some older Celebrity mags, such as 224 and 234. I would love to get completions lists from those, or to know that they don't have lists, if that's the case.
ADVANCE MAGAZINE - AOLA
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/advance/index.html
MISSING
2005
Advance Issue 181
2006
Advance Issue 190
2007
Advance 196
Advance 197
Advance 198
Once we have these Advance Magazines, it will give us a 14 year trend of AOLA's making of OT's.
ADVANCE MAGAZINE -- ANZO
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/advance-anzo/index.html
We are missing a majority of Advance Magazines from ANZO. Go to the link above and you will see what we currently have. Hopefully we have some Aussie's out there that have these mags.
ADVANCE MAGAZINE EUROPE
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/advance-eu/index.html
As per the above link we only have a few of these magazines.
ADVANCE MAGAZINE UK (AOSH)
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/advance-uk/index.html
We are missing:
Advance 1 to 148 - Older issues may not have completions.
2005
Advance 173
Advance 177
Advance 178
2006
Advance 179
Advance 181
and everything later than issue 181.
THE AUDITOR (ASHO)
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/auditor/index.html
These missing lists will allow us to complete a 7 year stretch of stats for ASHO.
2000
Auditor 286 April 2000
Auditor 287 June 2000
Auditor 289 October 2000
2004
Auditor 322 October 2004
2006
Auditor 328 February 2006
Auditor 331 September 2006
2007
Auditor 333 April 2007
Auditor 336 ?? not sure if it's been published.
THE AUDITOR UK - Saint Hill, UK
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/auditoruk/index.html
As per the above link, we are missing quite a few Auditor UK Magazines and we don't have any Auditor UK's after issue 330.
ORG MAGS
I would also LOVE org mags. Org lists are much harder to come by than other mags, but they're tremendously valuable for learning how the orgs (and missions) are doing. You can see the lists I've got so far here:
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/orgs/index.html
Please help me fill in this collection of stats.
HOW TO GET US THE COMPLETION LISTS
Please use any method that's convenient for you:
* US mail
* email
* if it's okay with Emma (wait for her to say it is), via attachment to this board or in a private message to me
US Mail
You can send an entire magazine or you can photocopy the completion pages with a copy of the cover of the magazine so we can see the Issue number. (If you can estimate the date and write down the actual copyright date of the magazine, that would be REALLY helpful, too.)
Patty has posted her address on a.r.s., and my address has been on my site for a long time:
Patty Pieniadz
130 Squire Street
New London, CT 06320
Or
Kristi Wachter
2443 Fillmore St #202
San Francisco, CA 94115
We will remove, shred, and safely dispose of ALL envelope information,
including the postmark, so OSA won't find any trace of you in the
garbage.
Email
Email scans of completion list pages to Patty:
ppieniadz at gmail dot com
or me at:
humanrights at racerrecords.com
Scan the completion lists and attach them to an email.
If the list was published as nice crisp black text on a white background then
please send it as a compressed .tif, preferably 600 dpi. 300 dpi is also fine.
If the list was NOT published as black text on a white background, but has color
and background tones, then a 300 dpi color jpeg is best.
If you're able to send along any completions lists, you will have my enormous thanks, along with the appreciation of the many people who use the site to learn more about Scientology's growth (or lack thereof).
As always, my huge appreciation goes out to Patty and the many others who have proofread and contributed lists to the project.
Thanks!
Kristi
P.S. As part of this whole project, I'm working on a better standardization of the many variant names for services. One big question I have:
Is "Hubbard Name of a Service" the same as "Name of a Service"?
Is there any difference between
Basic Art Course
and
Hubbard Basic Art Course
or
Dianetics Auditor Course
and
Hubbard Dianetics Auditor Course
?
P.P.S. Suggestions for types of analysis you'd like to see would be most welcome! I'm hoping to do overall completion tallies; numbers of individuals (to show the difference between 1000 comps by 750 people and 1000 comps by 200 individuals); Clears; OT levels; and PTS/SP completions. Maybe OT Hatting Courses, too. What else would be of interest?
It's been a few years since we made any tabulations, partly because there have been some gaps in the data. If you have any Scientology magazines, or if you know anyone who does, you can help!
Thanks to some prodding from Patty Pieniadz, I've recently added several new completions lists to the site. (I believe Patty has been posting these to a.r.s., and it looks like they're finding their way here, as well. I'm always happy to see the data spread around where people can use it!)
My original motivation for the stats project was to gain a better understanding of the CoS's success rate. Were they really growing? Were they shrinking? By how much?
My preliminary analysis of Celebrity magazine stats, from November 2003, even gave me some approximate answers to questions like
How long do new members stay involved?
How many services do new members take?
How long does it take to go Clear?
How long does it take to go OT?
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/ccint/prelimanalysis.html
I'm looking forward to doing some updated analysis.
You can help.
Here's what I'm missing:
SOURCE MAGAZINE
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/source/index.html
Of the 190 issues of Source Magazine, we are only missing 3.
From 2007
Source 188
Source 189
Source 197-most current
One we get these three issues we can show Flag's completions stats since their opening in 1975. That's 32 years worth of stats.
FREEWINDS
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/fw/index.html
We are only missing 3 magazines. Once we have the lists from these 3 missing mags, we will have 19 years of Freewinds completions and OT 8's.
Missing
2006
Freewinds 61
Freewinds 62
Freewinds 63
CELEBRITY CENTER INT
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/ccint/index.html
Not all Celebrity Magazines have completions. Celebrity alternately issues a Major and Minor magazine. The Major magazine issues have the completions list.
MISSING
2005
Celebrity 368 September 2005
Celebrity 369 November 2005
2006
Celebrity 372 Major February 2006
We are missing Celebrity Issues from July 2006 to present. Those would be any Celebrity Mag numbered from 377 and up.
NOTE: I'm also missing some older Celebrity mags, such as 224 and 234. I would love to get completions lists from those, or to know that they don't have lists, if that's the case.
ADVANCE MAGAZINE - AOLA
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/advance/index.html
MISSING
2005
Advance Issue 181
2006
Advance Issue 190
2007
Advance 196
Advance 197
Advance 198
Once we have these Advance Magazines, it will give us a 14 year trend of AOLA's making of OT's.
ADVANCE MAGAZINE -- ANZO
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/advance-anzo/index.html
We are missing a majority of Advance Magazines from ANZO. Go to the link above and you will see what we currently have. Hopefully we have some Aussie's out there that have these mags.
ADVANCE MAGAZINE EUROPE
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/advance-eu/index.html
As per the above link we only have a few of these magazines.
ADVANCE MAGAZINE UK (AOSH)
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/advance-uk/index.html
We are missing:
Advance 1 to 148 - Older issues may not have completions.
2005
Advance 173
Advance 177
Advance 178
2006
Advance 179
Advance 181
and everything later than issue 181.
THE AUDITOR (ASHO)
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/auditor/index.html
These missing lists will allow us to complete a 7 year stretch of stats for ASHO.
2000
Auditor 286 April 2000
Auditor 287 June 2000
Auditor 289 October 2000
2004
Auditor 322 October 2004
2006
Auditor 328 February 2006
Auditor 331 September 2006
2007
Auditor 333 April 2007
Auditor 336 ?? not sure if it's been published.
THE AUDITOR UK - Saint Hill, UK
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/auditoruk/index.html
As per the above link, we are missing quite a few Auditor UK Magazines and we don't have any Auditor UK's after issue 330.
ORG MAGS
I would also LOVE org mags. Org lists are much harder to come by than other mags, but they're tremendously valuable for learning how the orgs (and missions) are doing. You can see the lists I've got so far here:
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/orgs/index.html
Please help me fill in this collection of stats.
HOW TO GET US THE COMPLETION LISTS
Please use any method that's convenient for you:
* US mail
* if it's okay with Emma (wait for her to say it is), via attachment to this board or in a private message to me
US Mail
You can send an entire magazine or you can photocopy the completion pages with a copy of the cover of the magazine so we can see the Issue number. (If you can estimate the date and write down the actual copyright date of the magazine, that would be REALLY helpful, too.)
Patty has posted her address on a.r.s., and my address has been on my site for a long time:
Patty Pieniadz
130 Squire Street
New London, CT 06320
Or
Kristi Wachter
2443 Fillmore St #202
San Francisco, CA 94115
We will remove, shred, and safely dispose of ALL envelope information,
including the postmark, so OSA won't find any trace of you in the
garbage.
Email scans of completion list pages to Patty:
ppieniadz at gmail dot com
or me at:
humanrights at racerrecords.com
Scan the completion lists and attach them to an email.
If the list was published as nice crisp black text on a white background then
please send it as a compressed .tif, preferably 600 dpi. 300 dpi is also fine.
If the list was NOT published as black text on a white background, but has color
and background tones, then a 300 dpi color jpeg is best.
If you're able to send along any completions lists, you will have my enormous thanks, along with the appreciation of the many people who use the site to learn more about Scientology's growth (or lack thereof).
As always, my huge appreciation goes out to Patty and the many others who have proofread and contributed lists to the project.
Thanks!
Kristi
P.S. As part of this whole project, I'm working on a better standardization of the many variant names for services. One big question I have:
Is "Hubbard Name of a Service" the same as "Name of a Service"?
Is there any difference between
Basic Art Course
and
Hubbard Basic Art Course
or
Dianetics Auditor Course
and
Hubbard Dianetics Auditor Course
?
P.P.S. Suggestions for types of analysis you'd like to see would be most welcome! I'm hoping to do overall completion tallies; numbers of individuals (to show the difference between 1000 comps by 750 people and 1000 comps by 200 individuals); Clears; OT levels; and PTS/SP completions. Maybe OT Hatting Courses, too. What else would be of interest?