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How is it at all unusual? The OKCupid data reflects census data on interracial marriage pairings, which shows low numbers of marriages between black women and m
by danieldon 17y ago
How is it at all unusual? The OKCupid data reflects census data on interracial marriage pairings, which shows low numbers of marriages between black women and men of other races (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage_in_the_United_States#cite_ref-census5_10-0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage_in_the_Uni...). If the OKCupid data showed that black women were both responsible for and recipients of the highest reply rates, that would be unusual.
- scott_s 17y agoIt's unusual in the sense that it's new. OKCupid has data. If they want to draw general conclusions from that data, then it's their obligation to convince us that it's valid to generalize. However, if I remember OKCupid's posts correctly, they explicitly pointed out that they weren't trying to generalize, and acknowledged that all of their conclusions applied only to the users of their site. I think it's everyone else who've tried to generalize their conclusions. The author of the article from this thread is actually practicing skepticism. He is skeptical of the general conclusions drawn from the data set, and he proposes an alternate, simpler theory - selection bias - that would explain the behavior seen.
- danieldon 17y agoThe author of the article from this thread is actually practicing skepticism No, he's making unsupported, assertive claims, premised on the anecdote that "any black person will tell you, when black folks date online they don't go to OKcupid."
- Retric 17y agoSkepticism is not the default answer. Skepticism is what happens when you don't like the conclusions given.