November 29th, 2007

Using algorithms for match-making

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In this report on online dating sites, the reporter says - “The website then uses what statisticians call a regression equation to determine what sort of person I would be best matched with, according to my character and how that fits with historical data about other people’s relationships.” A regression equation? Really? Why not throw in a correlation matrix or chi-square while you are at it.

by Patrix | on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 11:06 am | Posted In Asides, Media . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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One Response to “Using algorithms for match-making”

  1. bluespriite Says:
    December 4th, 2007 at 3:16 am replyReply to this comment

    Nothing in maths will ever help the randomness of matchmaking.. even Dr Charles Epps will agree :)

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