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The restaurant data is the only one that is at odds with intuition, and strongly so. Why would Thursday be 3.5x more popular than Wednesday? Without an explanat

The restaurant data is the only one that is at odds with intuition, and strongly so. Why would Thursday be 3.5x more popular than Wednesday? Without an explanation, I'm more willing to believe that there was a data anomaly.

rwaliany 16y ago
The data suggests that Thursday night Tapas bar/restaurants are very popular and that is included under "restaurants" according to yelp.com.
drc1912 16y ago
Thursday is a _HUGE_ night at bars (and restaurants with bars) for college students. A lot of kids will take advantage of happy hour pricing on Thursday night and lax attendance policy on Friday morning. This is anecdotal and I don't have data to support my claim (although someone can probably find something on Google).
- kajecounterhack 16y ago
  Yeah, thirsty thursday (college student here)
ahoyhere 16y ago
You're making a critical logical mistake - assuming a data anomaly when you don't know anything about the field, but you take a 5-second check with your own intuition, and can't find an explanation. You've never heard "Thursday's the new Friday"? College kids and young employeds party hearty on Thursdays now. It started in the early 2000's. Uncle Google shows that even the NYT knows about it: http://www.google.com/search?q=thursdays%20the%20new%20friday http://www.google.com/search?q=thursdays%20the%20new%20frida... Remember: just because you can't figure out the reason intuitively, and immediately, doesn't mean there isn't one.
- gaius 16y ago
  This started in the City as far back as the 80s - everyone wanted to leave work early on Friday and go away for the weekend with their partners/families/whatever. So Thursday was the night for getting drunk with your cow-orkers. Casual Fridays comes from this time too.
  - dhimes 16y ago
    They also introduced more flexible schedules. Some folks opted to take Fridays off; some could only get away with every second Friday (folks in the US Fed gov't, for example). It just occurred to me that there are probably reading this who have no idea what it was like when your schedule was entirely set by your employer with no wiggle room. Yikes!
  - starkfist 16y ago
    Also in NYC, Friday and Saturday nights are when restaurants are clogged with tourists, so locals try to avoid going out on those nights.
- philjr 16y ago
  Genuinely not sure about that, but considering how this analysis was done, it's equally likely, that Thursday is the day that people would start talking about a restaurant ... i.e. looking for recommendations for the weekend or talking about going to a particular restaurant.
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mahmud 16y ago
In almost every major venue I have frequented, Thursday night is considered "ladies" night. It's when they waive cover charges for women, luring them in, and in the process lure in more men.

rwaliany 16y ago

The data suggests that Thursday night Tapas bar/restaurants are very popular and that is included under "restaurants" according to yelp.com.

drc1912 16y ago

Thursday is a _HUGE_ night at bars (and restaurants with bars) for college students. A lot of kids will take advantage of happy hour pricing on Thursday night and lax attendance policy on Friday morning. This is anecdotal and I don't have data to support my claim (although someone can probably find something on Google).

kajecounterhack 16y ago
Yeah, thirsty thursday (college student here)

ahoyhere 16y ago

You're making a critical logical mistake - assuming a data anomaly when you don't know anything about the field, but you take a 5-second check with your own intuition, and can't find an explanation. You've never heard "Thursday's the new Friday"? College kids and young employeds party hearty on Thursdays now. It started in the early 2000's. Uncle Google shows that even the NYT knows about it: http://www.google.com/search?q=thursdays%20the%20new%20friday http://www.google.com/search?q=thursdays%20the%20new%20frida... Remember: just because you can't figure out the reason intuitively, and immediately, doesn't mean there isn't one.

gaius 16y ago
This started in the City as far back as the 80s - everyone wanted to leave work early on Friday and go away for the weekend with their partners/families/whatever. So Thursday was the night for getting drunk with your cow-orkers. Casual Fridays comes from this time too.
- dhimes 16y ago
  They also introduced more flexible schedules. Some folks opted to take Fridays off; some could only get away with every second Friday (folks in the US Fed gov't, for example). It just occurred to me that there are probably reading this who have no idea what it was like when your schedule was entirely set by your employer with no wiggle room. Yikes!
- starkfist 16y ago
  Also in NYC, Friday and Saturday nights are when restaurants are clogged with tourists, so locals try to avoid going out on those nights.
philjr 16y ago
Genuinely not sure about that, but considering how this analysis was done, it's equally likely, that Thursday is the day that people would start talking about a restaurant ... i.e. looking for recommendations for the weekend or talking about going to a particular restaurant.
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mahmud 16y ago

In almost every major venue I have frequented, Thursday night is considered "ladies" night. It's when they waive cover charges for women, luring them in, and in the process lure in more men.