dougo: (Default)
dougo ([personal profile] dougo) wrote2004-04-13 05:39 am

Unpopular yet picky

I took the Match.com personality test. Here are some amusing stats:
40% of women are generally attracted to your personality type. 1% say they are VERY attracted.

Women with the exact type of personality you prefer are rare gems. Looking at over 10,000 women who have taken this test, only 5% (or 1 in 20 women) have the exact combination of similarities and contrasts in personality you find extremely appealing.

However, there's a larger group, 19% (or 1 in 5 women), who have most, but not all, of the qualities and habits you like.
Assuming that these are independent variables, that means only 2 in 25 women are even "most, but not all" mutual fits, and 1 in 2000 are direct hits both ways. I'm not sure I'll even meet 2000 women in my life.
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[personal profile] shannon_a 2004-04-13 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
What the personality test really says, probably, is that 5% of women who taken personality tests at match.com are highly appealing to you, not that 5% of women in general are.

Want to bet the number is higher generally?

Want to bet the number is much higher in the circles you travel through?