Comments on: How OkCupid Demystifies Dating With Big Data http://gigaom.com/2011/02/11/okcupid-demystifies-dating-with-big-data/ Sat, 25 May 2013 09:44:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: L’Éloge de R | Le blog de François Guillem http://gigaom.com/2011/02/11/okcupid-demystifies-dating-with-big-data/#comment-605760 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:13:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=297098#comment-605760 [...] est utilisé par des entreprises renommées telles que Google, Facebook, OkCupid ou encore le New York Times ! Bon j’avoue que cet argument est un peu court : SAS par exemple [...]

]]> By: consultingstatistics http://gigaom.com/2011/02/11/okcupid-demystifies-dating-with-big-data/#comment-592878 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:13:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=297098#comment-592878 It’s great to see you guys analyzing this data! I’d love to see a detailed report of some of your data.

]]> By: consultingstatistics http://gigaom.com/2011/02/11/okcupid-demystifies-dating-with-big-data/#comment-592875 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:12:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=297098#comment-592875 It’s great to see you guys analyzing this data. I’d love to see a detailed report of some of your findings! Happy V-day.

]]> By: OK Cupid Data Visualization- Flow Chart to your Heart « DECISION STATS http://gigaom.com/2011/02/11/okcupid-demystifies-dating-with-big-data/#comment-592848 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:52:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=297098#comment-592848 [...] OkCupid Demystifies Dating with Big Data (gigaom.com) [...]

]]> By: Mike Barlow http://gigaom.com/2011/02/11/okcupid-demystifies-dating-with-big-data/#comment-592058 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:19:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=297098#comment-592058 great article that underscores the mathematical and essentially random nature of our wonderful universe. a very happy valentine’s day to all!

]]> By: Is OkCupid’s Dating Data Safe With Match.com? – PC World http://gigaom.com/2011/02/11/okcupid-demystifies-dating-with-big-data/#comment-591465 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:39:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=297098#comment-591465 [...] Is OkCupid's Dating Data Safe With Match.com?PC WorldThere are millions of fish in the sea and, it seems, nearly as many online dating sites. But few have captured users' hearts quite the …OkCupid Demystifies Dating With Big DataGigaOm [...]

]]> By: Ian Andrew Bell http://gigaom.com/2011/02/11/okcupid-demystifies-dating-with-big-data/#comment-591063 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:41:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=297098#comment-591063 Okay … I’m as big of a fan of OKTrends as anyone, but anyone who’s taken a social science research methods course will tell you that raw numbers is not what makes a survey accurate. 300,000 vs. 3,200 will definitely not yield more statistically accurate numbers if the poll is not a blind random poll. And since OKCupid draws their data from their users there are confounding factors (most would be single, within certain age ranges, education levels, etc.) that make their opinions out-of-sync with the mainstream.

What OKCupid does really well, and I have always found this to be ironic, is provide the rest of the online dating business with illuminating information for use in their competitors’ service planning. It will be interesting to see if their analytics remain similarly useful now that they are a match.com company. One such report was actually pulled right after that acquisition, so my guess is no.

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