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"thousands of photos have been uploaded and judged by users since." Who are the users that are judging? What is the breakdown of those users (age,sex,location,

by larrys 15y ago

"thousands of photos have been uploaded and judged by users since." Who are the users that are judging? What is the breakdown of those users (age,sex,location,education etc.)? What can possibly be inferred from this without knowing that info?

bvi 15y ago
It's entirely anonymous - I know nothing about the users who are uploading the photos (apart from the email addresses they use when uploading a photo), and nothing about users who judge the photos. The entire premise of the site is for the user to be judged by strangers. Why would age/sex/location/education of the person doing the judging matter?
- olalonde 15y ago
  > Why would age/sex/location/education of the person doing the judging matter? It can bias the results. How did your users find your site?
- DanBC 15y ago
  Research is tricky. Unless you're very careful with adjusting for factors (like age, location, etc) and careful with statistics you end up with garbage. Either do something that's just purely fun, or do something properly and call it research. But don't do something wrong and call it research, because there are so many people ignorant about how science works and ignorant about numbers.
- oskarth 15y ago
  Because it's most likely skewed. Without knowing anything about where your votes come from, I'm pretty sure the WEIRD demographic is over-represented (white, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic). Not trying to be overly critical - I like the concept and execution, but these things are really important in statistics.
- saraid216 15y ago
  The judges have IP addresses that you can map to a geographic region, such as a state or country. That would be useful data, and you'd be able to actually say with authority whether or not at least the location of the person doing the judging matters.
- celer 15y ago
  I think that everyone would like to see how men and women rated them as individual categories(maximizing sex appeal is a common goal), and age might also be desirable.
- scott_s 15y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias

by larrys 15y ago

bvi 15y ago

It's entirely anonymous - I know nothing about the users who are uploading the photos (apart from the email addresses they use when uploading a photo), and nothing about users who judge the photos. The entire premise of the site is for the user to be judged by strangers. Why would age/sex/location/education of the person doing the judging matter?

olalonde 15y ago
> Why would age/sex/location/education of the person doing the judging matter? It can bias the results. How did your users find your site?
DanBC 15y ago
Research is tricky. Unless you're very careful with adjusting for factors (like age, location, etc) and careful with statistics you end up with garbage. Either do something that's just purely fun, or do something properly and call it research. But don't do something wrong and call it research, because there are so many people ignorant about how science works and ignorant about numbers.
oskarth 15y ago
Because it's most likely skewed. Without knowing anything about where your votes come from, I'm pretty sure the WEIRD demographic is over-represented (white, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic). Not trying to be overly critical - I like the concept and execution, but these things are really important in statistics.
saraid216 15y ago
The judges have IP addresses that you can map to a geographic region, such as a state or country. That would be useful data, and you'd be able to actually say with authority whether or not at least the location of the person doing the judging matters.
celer 15y ago
I think that everyone would like to see how men and women rated them as individual categories(maximizing sex appeal is a common goal), and age might also be desirable.
scott_s 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias