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Multi-Factor Analysis of Y Combinator’s Summer 2014 Class
- minimaxir 12y agoThis a terrible quantitative analysis because there is zero analysis of objective data, and all the analysis done that is actually presented uses magical nondisclosed algorithms. (how did the OP decide the weights for each metric of importance? All of the classification of the YC startups is inherently affected by bias, and there's no statistical logic behind any of the conclusions.
- joosters 12y agoLet's just completely make up some weightings to compare these companies! Oh, and we should specify them to two decimal places, because SCIENCE.
- joelrunyon 12y agoSeems like tech crunch is trying to take a stab at Five Thirty Eight type reporting...
- devinmontgomery 12y agoThis is not Five Thirty Eight type reporting. This is just pseudoscience. It starts with admittedly subjective, unvalidated criteria then proceeds to analyze and present them as though they were data. It's non-science presented as science.