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How Races and Religions Match in Online Dating

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Re: How Races and Religions Match in Online Dating

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post #67

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I was going to post a comment directly disagreeing with this, and citing the large number of Jewish dating sites, but these are really only used by people on the more religious end of the spectrum, so it is possible that the effect is more prevalent in the Hindu-Hindu match calculations than in Jew-Jew match calculations. I would posit, however, that this effect, along with the self-selection bias of using a multi-cu…

JDate and similar sites aren't exactly religious. There are lots of secular Jews who would prefer to date or marry another Jew, for ethnic, cultural, or national reasons.

True, I think part of the confusion stems from the fact that you can have "secular Jews," since the Jewish way of life seems to be a bit more than just about religion (not saying the religion isn't an important part of it). If someone were to say "secular Christian" I'd look at them funny.

Re: How Races and Religions Match in Online Dating

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post #73

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It's way past my bedtime here, and judging by the moderation I'm not able to make my point, which is simply this: If you are going to be making sweeping statements about people, even including race and religion then you really should do your homework, or if you're doing it out of curiosity, keep the results to yourself. By presenting the data in a format that looks as though very hard work went in to its creation and…

I disagree, the data was very interesting and it would be pity if they didn't release it.

I agree, I'm glad to get the chance to read about this stuff, but I think the PP's point was that if you're going to present a bunch of data in that manner, it's best to say, up front, something like, "our sample, while extensive within our service, is not necessarily representative of particular ethnic groups," and point out something akin to what slashdot says about their polls: you're insane if you intend to do anything serious with this data.
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