Dating Data
How the Delusion Score Is Calculated, Step by Step
A plain-English tour of the engine: marginal probabilities, the income and education correlation adjustment, and the 1 to 10 scale.
The Data Editorial Team12 min
The Data Editorial Team
Statistics and data journalism, US demographic datasets
We analyse public US datasets to turn dating-market questions into honest numbers. Our work draws on Census, CDC, and BLS microdata and is reviewed for statistical accuracy before publication.
Articles by The Data Editorial Team
Dating Data
Why 6-Foot, $100k Standards Shrink the Dating Pool So Fast
Two reasonable-sounding filters, height and income, combine into a pool of well under one percent. Here is the math behind the meme.
The Data Editorial Team12 min