Dessert Match-Ups: Part 1
Food
The sweeter of the teeth
How decisive were these results, combined?
TL;DR: Ice Cream demolished Frozen Yogurt (65–11, 86%) — the most lopsided result of any dessert this series. Layered was a nail-biter: Crème Brulee over Tiramisu by just 3 votes.
| question | N | Leader (votes) | Trailer (votes) | Leader share | Margin (votes) | Margin (points) | p vs 50/50 | Leader 95% CI | Votes to flip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creamy | 71 | Mousse (44) | Pudding (27) | 62.0% | 17 | 23.9% | 0.0568 | [0.50, 0.73] | 9 |
| Frozen | 76 | Ice Cream (65) | Frozen Yogurt (11) | 85.5% | 54 | 71.1% | 0.0000 | [0.76, 0.93] | 28 |
| Fruity | 74 | Pie (42) | Cobbler (32) | 56.8% | 10 | 13.5% | 0.2950 | [0.45, 0.68] | 6 |
| Layered | 73 | Crème Brulee (38) | Tiramisu (35) | 52.1% | 3 | 4.1% | 0.8150 | [0.40, 0.64] | 2 |
| Stuffed | 71 | Cannoli (45) | Éclair (26) | 63.4% | 19 | 26.8% | 0.0319 | [0.51, 0.75] | 10 |
Does HQ agree with RTP?
| question | Leader (overall) | HQ share | RTP share | Gap (pts) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creamy | Mousse | 56% (28/50) | 76% (16/21) | 20% | 0.183 |
| Frozen | Ice Cream | 83% (44/53) | 91% (21/23) | 8% | 0.556 |
| Fruity | Pie | 63% (32/51) | 43% (10/23) | 19% | 0.195 |
| Layered | Crème Brulee | 52% (27/52) | 52% (11/21) | 0% | 1.000 |
| Stuffed | Cannoli | 61% (30/49) | 68% (15/22) | 7% | 0.767 |
The Alignment Index bounces back a bit this week to 0.65 — still below Earth Day’s opening 0.90, but a recovery from last week’s dip — with the cumulative number at 0.85. Creamy produced the widest single-question office gap we’ve seen yet, 20% — both offices preferred Mousse, RTP just felt more strongly about it.
The more interesting story is in Fruity. RTP’s votes actually crowned a different winner than the whiteboard as a whole: while the combined total favored Pie, RTP alone preferred Cobbler. It’s not statistically significant with these sample sizes, but it’s the first time in the RTP era that the two offices would have crowned different desserts if they’d each voted alone.