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Introduction
Often people look to date in hopes of finding their perfect match. Being that we are living in technology-centered days, one of the most common methods of hopefully finding true love or just simply pushing themselves out of their comfort zone and meeting new people is through a method called speed dating. Speed dating events are usually hosted in public places like local bars and restaurants where everyone gets a limited amount of time to socialize and get to know the other participants of the event. If there is chemistry, in other words, if the two participants find commonality and bond, it incites interest in future dates together. The “speed” element is that participants are limited to a short amount of time to converse. When the time is completed, they must switch to converse with the next person (Asendorpf 2011).
Analyzing speed dating data is important because these analyses can identify the impacts of social cues, initial attraction, and connection through shared interests on the probability of finding a match. Additionally, analysis of speed dating data has been proven as more reliable in comparison to data gathered through other dating tactics (Houser 2008), and allows the separation of effects of general behavior, change in behavior during dating, and combination effects (Asendorf 2011).
Sources
Asendorpf, Jens B., Lars Penke, and Mitja D. Back. 2011. “From Dating to Mating and Relating: Predictors of Initial and Long-Term Outcomes of Speed-Dating in a Community Sample.” European Journal of Personality, 25: 16–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.768.
Houser, Marian L., Sean M. Horan, and Lisa A. Furler. 2008. “Dating in the Fast Lane: How Communication Predicts Speed-Dating Success.” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25: 749–68. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407508093787.
Speed Dating Data
The speed dating dataset we use here was originally collected for Fisman et al. (2006), where participants signed up for a speed dating study where they completed an initial questionnaire prior to the speed dating event including demographics, preferences, and expected outcomes; a questionnaire for each potential match they met indicating their impression of their partner and whether thay would like to match with them; and questionnaires the day after and 2-3 weeks after the event answering questiona about their matching experience.
Sources
https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/annavictoria/speed-dating-experiment
Fisman, Raymond, Sheens S. Iyengar, Emir Kamencia, and Itamar Simonson. 2006. “Gender
Differences in Mate Selection: Evidence From a Speed Dating Experiment.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 121 (2): 673-97. doi: 10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.673
Summary
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fun1_3 amb1_3 shar1_3 attr7_3 sinc7_3
Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.0 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.00
1st Qu.:14.81 1st Qu.: 5.0 1st Qu.:10.00 1st Qu.:20.00 1st Qu.:10.00
Median :16.33 Median :10.0 Median :14.29 Median :25.00 Median :15.00
Mean :16.23 Mean :10.9 Mean :12.70 Mean :31.33 Mean :15.65
3rd Qu.:20.00 3rd Qu.:15.0 3rd Qu.:16.67 3rd Qu.:40.00 3rd Qu.:20.00
Max. :30.00 Max. :30.0 Max. :55.00 Max. :80.00 Max. :60.00
NA's :4404 NA's :4404 NA's :4404 NA's :6362 NA's :6362
intel7_3 fun7_3 amb7_3 shar7_3
Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.00
1st Qu.:10.00 1st Qu.:10.00 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 5.00
Median :18.00 Median :17.00 Median :10.000 Median :10.00
Mean :16.68 Mean :16.42 Mean : 7.824 Mean :12.21
3rd Qu.:20.00 3rd Qu.:20.00 3rd Qu.:10.000 3rd Qu.:20.00
Max. :45.00 Max. :40.00 Max. :30.000 Max. :55.00
NA's :6362 NA's :6362 NA's :6362 NA's :6362
attr4_3 sinc4_3 intel4_3 fun4_3
Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.00
1st Qu.:10.00 1st Qu.: 7.00 1st Qu.: 7.00 1st Qu.: 9.00
Median :20.00 Median :10.00 Median :10.00 Median :12.00
Mean :25.61 Mean :10.75 Mean :11.53 Mean :14.28
3rd Qu.:37.00 3rd Qu.:15.00 3rd Qu.:15.00 3rd Qu.:20.00
Max. :80.00 Max. :40.00 Max. :30.00 Max. :30.00
NA's :5419 NA's :5419 NA's :5419 NA's :5419
amb4_3 shar4_3 attr2_3 sinc2_3
Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 5.00 Min. : 0.00
1st Qu.: 5.000 1st Qu.: 7.00 1st Qu.:10.00 1st Qu.: 7.00
Median : 9.000 Median :10.00 Median :20.00 Median :10.00
Mean : 9.208 Mean :11.25 Mean :24.97 Mean :10.92
3rd Qu.:10.000 3rd Qu.:15.00 3rd Qu.:35.00 3rd Qu.:15.00
Max. :40.000 Max. :45.00 Max. :80.00 Max. :50.00
NA's :5419 NA's :5419 NA's :5419 NA's :5419
intel2_3 fun2_3 amb2_3 shar2_3
Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.00
1st Qu.: 7.00 1st Qu.: 9.00 1st Qu.: 6.000 1st Qu.: 5.00
Median :10.00 Median :15.00 Median :10.000 Median :10.00
Mean :11.95 Mean :14.96 Mean : 9.526 Mean :11.97
3rd Qu.:15.00 3rd Qu.:20.00 3rd Qu.:10.000 3rd Qu.:15.00
Max. :60.00 Max. :40.00 Max. :50.000 Max. :45.00
NA's :5419 NA's :5419 NA's :5419 NA's :6362
attr3_3 sinc3_3 intel3_3 fun3_3
Min. : 2.00 Min. : 2.000 Min. : 3.000 Min. : 2.000
1st Qu.: 7.00 1st Qu.: 7.000 1st Qu.: 8.000 1st Qu.: 7.000
Median : 7.00 Median : 8.000 Median : 8.000 Median : 8.000
Mean : 7.24 Mean : 8.093 Mean : 8.389 Mean : 7.659
3rd Qu.: 8.00 3rd Qu.: 9.000 3rd Qu.: 9.000 3rd Qu.: 9.000
Max. :12.00 Max. :12.000 Max. :12.000 Max. :12.000
NA's :4404 NA's :4404 NA's :4404 NA's :4404
amb3_3 attr5_3 sinc5_3 intel5_3
Min. : 1.000 Min. : 2.00 Min. : 2.000 Min. : 4.000
1st Qu.: 6.000 1st Qu.: 6.00 1st Qu.: 7.000 1st Qu.: 7.000
Median : 8.000 Median : 7.00 Median : 8.000 Median : 8.000
Mean : 7.392 Mean : 6.81 Mean : 7.615 Mean : 7.933
3rd Qu.: 9.000 3rd Qu.: 8.00 3rd Qu.: 9.000 3rd Qu.: 9.000
Max. :12.000 Max. :10.00 Max. :10.000 Max. :10.000
NA's :4404 NA's :6362 NA's :6362 NA's :6362
fun5_3 amb5_3
Min. : 1.000 Min. : 1.000
1st Qu.: 6.000 1st Qu.: 6.000
Median : 7.000 Median : 7.000
Mean : 7.155 Mean : 7.049
3rd Qu.: 8.000 3rd Qu.: 8.000
Max. :10.000 Max. :10.000
NA's :6362 NA's :6362 Data showcase 2: Importance of Physical Attractiveness and Self-Rating of Attractiveness
Visualization
Narrative
Based on the correlation coefficient, self-rated attractiveness and weight of attractiveness in preference are weakly correlated. However, this correlation is very unlikely to be due to data noise from the p-value being less than 0.001. The contours show that men tend to rate attractiveness as more important to their match decisions to match compared to women, and the highest density of men rated themselves a 7 out of 10 in attractiveness. Women, however, tended to rate themselves as a 7 or 8 in attractiveness, and rated attractiveness as having a 15-20% weight in match decisions. This figure could be interpreted as men valuing attractiveness more in their partners but being slightly less confident in their own appearance compared to women, and both genders rating attractiveness as slightly more important if they view themselves as attractive.
Data showcase 4: Preference For Race and Religion Between Gender
Visualization
Narrative
To find out what is important between men and women regarding speed dating, we considered various variables.
The graph I would like to introduce here briefly is as follows. It is a preference for race and religion between men and women.
As you can see in the graph, we wanted to see from past data what the preferences of the same race and religion were with dating between men and women. Green represents the preference for the same race, and purple represents the preference for the same religion. In conclusion, when looking at the past sections, it can find that the preference distinction between race and religion was almost the same because the two colors overlap through the graph. Therefore, when inferring the present from past data, the preference of the same race and religion is important when dating between men and women.
Data showcase 5: Interest Correlation Across Fields
Narrative
Figures 5 and 6 aim to understand, if there is any differences in the speed dating match making for different field. I am particularly interested to explore the preference of students in Social Sciences vis-à-vis other fields. Do the common interest matter or are other considerations more important.
The box plot shows the interest correlation for match for various fields. As is evident from the plot, the interest correlation of Social Science is slightly lower as compared to other fields.
The interest correlation is highest in Engineering and lowest in Mathematical Sciences. The correlation for Social Sciences is also on lower side. Then what binds them together towards match making?
Data showcase 6: Attributes For Successful Match
Narrative
Figures 5 and 6 aim to understand, if there is any differences in the speed dating match making for different field. I am particularly interested to explore the preference of students in Social Sciences vis-à-vis other fields. Do the common interest matter or are other considerations more important.
Based on the results of Figure 5, I explored the other preferences like preference of attractiveness, ambition, sincerity, humor, and intelligence.
The plotly graph explores these preferences for match. It is evident that Social Sciences students show highest preference for attractiveness, and lower preference for ambition as compared to other fields. At the same time, Business, Health and Medicine and Law students have greater preference for ambition. Social Sciences students show greater preference for Humor and relatively lower preference for intelligence, while law students show greater propensity for intelligence.
Data showcase 7: Implicit Biases Based on Age
Narrative
Speed dating is a place where people are gathering intentionally to meet other single people, although the motives may differ after they meet others. Although this is intended to be an experiment where one can meet others without judgement, does it fully illuminate these implicit biases and assumptions?
Figure 7, the first chart I made, although simple, explains the correlation between someone’s attractiveness regarding their age. Are you deemed as automatically more attractive or more likely to be matched if you are younger? The graph can tell you that regarding the thousands of people who participated in the study, the average person’s age in which they are more likely to be deemed attractive and find a match was in their mid-twenties. This coincides with the study by Herrenbrueck et al. in the article Smart-dating in speed-dating, where they explain that vertical means of attraction to another, such as how another person may make them look in the eyes of others, can automatically predetermine many people’s feel, especially in age.
Sources:
Herrenbrueck, Lucas, Xiaoyu Xia, Paul Eastwick, and Chin Ming Hui. 2018. “Smart-Dating in Speed-Dating: How a Simple Search Model Can Explain Matching Decisions.” European Economic Review, 106: 54–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.04.001.
Data showcase 8: Implicit Biases Based on Race
Narrative
Speed dating is a place where people are gathering intentionally to meet other single people, although the motives may differ after they meet others. Although this is intended to be an experiment where one can meet others without judgement, does it fully illuminate these implicit biases and assumptions?
Secondly, in Figure 8 I measured if race depicted more or less of a chance of rating high in the attraction scale and if one race had more of a chance of being matched as others. As you can see from the following graph, the assumption turned to be true, as European or Caucasian-American had a higher percentage of high attraction rankings than any other demographic. This can also be supported by the findings of Herrenbruek as participants of speed dating often try to meet their “perfect” partner in which is more than likely someone who grew up similarly in perspective, someone they are attracted to, but also someone more than likely with the similar ethnicity. As most participants of the speed dating event were Caucasian American, this rang true as to why the rates of attraction for many Caucasian participants occurred.
Data showcase 9: What Are Participants Looking For In Their Matches?
Narrative
The above plot shows what people are looking for in their matches. It can be seen that females are looking for a sincere man whereas on the other side male give more preference to females being funny. It can be seen that the shared interests factor is of least interest among both the participant groups.
Data showcase 10: Waves of Speed Dating Per Month
Narrative
The plot shows the count of dates in a certain wave considered for all the months in an year. It can be seen that Feb being the lovers month had a high start which decreased and then further increased and reached maximum in the month of April. Then a sudden hike can be seen in the month of October after which there was again a decline in the number of dates. Both the genders follow the same trendline as the date happens when both say “YES”.
Data showcase 11: Attributes Affecting Matches Made
Narrative
The scatter plot shows sum of mathes vs average of Age. Color shows sum of shared interests importance. Size shows sum of same race. Shape shows details about the gender. Details are shown for field. It can be seen that shared interests is not of concern.People have preference for same race. With each differing field the choice of partners might affect.
Synergy Report
Team Mambers: Namrta Sharma, Elisabeth (Lizzie) Sanders, Seongdeok Oh, Vikrant Remoddula, Eli Evans
The storyboard was put together by Eli, including the data summary.
Figures 1-3 were created by Eli.
Figure 4 was created by Seongdeok.
Figures 5 and 6 were created by Namrta.
Figures 7 and 8 were created by Lizzie.
Figures 9-11 were created by Vikrant.