4 ms·

'convolute' != 'contradict' Convolute means (in this context) to making something more complex to explain or difficult to follow. It does not mean that they ex

by tobtoh 10y ago

'convolute' != 'contradict' Convolute means (in this context) to making something more complex to explain or difficult to follow. It does not mean that they excluded data that contradicted their analysis. In this case, they focussed only on UberX since the surge pricing mechanism is different for the other Uber products - there is nothing wrong with that.

AnthonyMouse 10y ago
The thing that's wrong with it is that they have a narrative. If you take a large enough data set and keep applying filters to it until it shows the result you wanted, you can always get it to. That doesn't prove your hypothesis, it only proves that you can solve a set of linear equations.
dsp1234 10y ago
It seems like important information is missing with regards to their conclusion. Their conclusion is "But how effective can they be if they fail to reach 15% of a population?". However, if they are excluding all other Uber services other than UberX from their analysis, then that's problematic since those other services could be covering that 15% of the population. Do the totality of Uber services provide coverage in the areas that this analysis highlights? I don't know, and given the analysis as written, I don't know how anyone else can either (without doing another analysis). So it seems at least worth considering whether convoluted vs contradicted is the case since we're missing a key piece of information.
- tssva 10y ago
  "But how effective can they be if they fail to reach 15% of a population" was in reference to the fact that almost 15% of the DC population doesn't have a bank account which the author took to mean they can't use UberX or any other Uber service. This isn't strictly true but the barrier to entry without a bank account is high enough to dissuade most of this population from using Uber services.

4 ms·

'convolute' != 'contradict' Convolute means (in this context) to making something more complex to explain or difficult to follow. It does not mean that they ex

by tobtoh 10y ago

AnthonyMouse 10y ago
The thing that's wrong with it is that they have a narrative. If you take a large enough data set and keep applying filters to it until it shows the result you wanted, you can always get it to. That doesn't prove your hypothesis, it only proves that you can solve a set of linear equations.
dsp1234 10y ago
It seems like important information is missing with regards to their conclusion. Their conclusion is "But how effective can they be if they fail to reach 15% of a population?". However, if they are excluding all other Uber services other than UberX from their analysis, then that's problematic since those other services could be covering that 15% of the population. Do the totality of Uber services provide coverage in the areas that this analysis highlights? I don't know, and given the analysis as written, I don't know how anyone else can either (without doing another analysis). So it seems at least worth considering whether convoluted vs contradicted is the case since we're missing a key piece of information.
- tssva 10y ago
  "But how effective can they be if they fail to reach 15% of a population" was in reference to the fact that almost 15% of the DC population doesn't have a bank account which the author took to mean they can't use UberX or any other Uber service. This isn't strictly true but the barrier to entry without a bank account is high enough to dissuade most of this population from using Uber services.