<style type="text/css"> td {vertical-align: top;} td p {margin-top: 0;} td.varInfo {display: none;} </style> <script type="text/javascript">  /** * This is the actual function that calculates the agreement percentage * * Function written by Rajnish Bhaskar, raj@lordofthemoon.com, 2004 */ function calculatePercentage() { var CONSTANT1= 0.2; // this is multiplied to ln(c) var CONSTANT2= 0.12; // this is multiplied to ln(w) var CONSTANT3= 0.043; // this is multiplied to ln(p) var CONSTANT4= 0.24; // this is added to the result var C= "q1"; var P= "q2"; var W= "q3"; var result; var var1= parseInt(document.getElementById(C).value); var var2= parseInt(document.getElementById(P).value); var var3= parseInt(document.getElementById(W).value); // do validation if (isNaN(var2)) { alert("Please enter a number for P ... between 2 and 100"); document.getElementById(P).focus(); return ""; } if (var2 <2 || var2 >100) { alert("P must be between 2 and 100"); document.getElementById(P).focus(); return ""; } else if (isNaN(var1) || var1 < 1 || var1 > 10) { if (isNaN(var1)) alert("Please enter a number for C ... between 1 and 10"); if (var1 < 1 || var1 > 10) alert("C must be between 1 and 10"); document.getElementById(C).focus(); return ""; } else if (isNaN(var3) || var3 < 1 || var3 > 10) { if (isNaN(var3)) alert("Please enter a number for W ... between 1 and 10"); if (var3 < 1 || var3 > 10) alert("W must be between 1 and 10"); document.getElementById(W).focus(); return ""; } // actually do the calculation result= CONSTANT1 * Math.log(var1) + CONSTANT2 * Math.log(var3) - CONSTANT3 * Math.log(var2) + CONSTANT4; result *= 100; // convert to percentage return Math.round(result); } // end function calculatePercentage() // -------------------- </script> </head> <body> <div class="container"> <a name="page_top">    <div class="logo"> <img id="logo_med_large" src="graphics/logo_med_large.gif" alt="Mediation in Planning logo"/> <a href="sppan_about.html"> <img id="logo_sppan_tiny" src="graphics/logo_sppan_tiny.gif" alt="Scottish Planning Policy and Advice Navigator" title="Scottish Planning Policy and Advice Navigator"/> </a> </div>     <div class="menu"> <span id="thispage">| Predict success |</span> <a class="menu" href="med_plan.html">Mediation in Planning</a> | </div>     <div class="main_text"> <h1>Will Agreement be Reached?</h1> <p> Answer these questions to find out how likely mediation is to result in agreement. <em> You will need Javascript enabled on your browser. </em> <form method="get" action=""> <table border="0" summary="find out whether mediation will result in agreement"> <tr> <td> <em>P ...</em> How many parties are involved? <p id="note"> between 2 and 200 </p> </td> <td> <input type="text" size="3" maxlength="3" id="q2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <em>C ...</em> How much common ground might they find? <p id="note"> between 1 (very little) and 10 (lots) </p> </td> <td> <input type="text" size="3" maxsize="2" id="q1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <em>W ...</em> How willing are they to try to reach agreement? <p id="note"> between 1 (very reluctant) and 10 (keen) </p> </td> <td> <input type="text" size="3" maxsize="2" id="q3" </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <input id="button" type="button" value="Calculate" onclick="document.getElementById('result').value= calculatePercentage()"> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <br> The formula predicts that <strong> <input type="text" size="3" maxsize="3" name="result" id="result" disabled> </strong> % of mediations of this sort result in agreement. </p> <p> That's the theory; but it's always worth discussing real-life prospects with a mediator. </p> </form> <hr> <div class="note"> <p> The actual formula is </p> <p> 0.24 - 0.043.Ln(P) + 0.2.Ln(C) + 0.12.Ln(W) </p> <p>where</p> <ul> <li> <em>P</em> is the number of parties involved </li> <li> <em>C</em> is the scope for finding common ground </li> <li> <em>W</em> is the willingness of parties to try for agreement </li> </ul> </div>  <p class="jump_to"> <a class="main_text" href="#page_top" title="Back to top of page">Back to top of page</a> </p> <p class="jump_to"> <a class="main_text" href="med_works.html">Back to Mediation in Planning</a> </p>  <p class="footer"> <a class="footer" href="ags_cv.html" title="CV">Alistair G Stark</a> 195 Deeside Gardens Aberdeen AB15 7QA Tel 01224 318536 Email: <a class="footer" href="mailto:mail@agstark.co.uk?Subject=General Enquiry" title="Send Alistair Stark an email"> mail@agstark.co.uk</a> </p> </div>  </div>  </body> </html>