I’d be interested to see how the ‘goal’ category in the survey aligned with the tradeoff coefficient. I can see people looking for a lot different things depending on whether they are looking for a quick fun date, or a long-term relationship.
The fact that the percentage who stated that they were looking for a serious relationship is so small is itself a puzzle – my best guess is that people’s answers were biased by the order in which the choices were presented.
Those who chose answer (4) did in fact have lower tradeoff coefficient, but the effect size is small enough so that given the small sample size, it’s not statistically significant. The other answers correlate with the tradeoff coefficient to varying degrees, but the effect sizes are small, and none are statistically significant at the 1% level.
I’d be interested to see how the ‘goal’ category in the survey aligned with the tradeoff coefficient. I can see people looking for a lot different things depending on whether they are looking for a quick fun date, or a long-term relationship.
The distribution of stated goals was
Seemed like a fun night out (~40%)
To meet new people (~40%)
To get a date (~10%)
Looking for a serious relationship (~3%)
To say I did it (~ 6%)
Other (~ 4%)
The fact that the percentage who stated that they were looking for a serious relationship is so small is itself a puzzle – my best guess is that people’s answers were biased by the order in which the choices were presented.
Those who chose answer (4) did in fact have lower tradeoff coefficient, but the effect size is small enough so that given the small sample size, it’s not statistically significant. The other answers correlate with the tradeoff coefficient to varying degrees, but the effect sizes are small, and none are statistically significant at the 1% level.