awenger

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   by awenger 4y ago

   The data from the project is released to the public domain (CC0). The research article is also free to access. See https://github.com/marbl/CHM13 and https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scien
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   by awenger 4y ago

   Complete here means the full end-to-end sequence of all chromosomes in a single human cell line named CHM13. The typical human cell has 46 chromosomes, in 23 pairs (one from our mother, one from our father) named chromosome 1, chromosome 2
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   by awenger 10y ago

   Same here. Only after login though.
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   Tech Trust Index shows consumers trust Google and Amazon but not Sprint and AOL(survata.com)

   15 points by awenger 13y ago|7 comments
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   by awenger 13y ago

   OP here. That's correct. This is work of Survata not Yahoo. I see how the title might suggest a connection, but that was not our intent.
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   Yahoo showed us 30 days of logos. Here’s the one consumers liked best(survata.com)

   193 points by awenger 13y ago|98 comments
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   Survata is hiring a full stack engineer

   1 points by awenger 13y ago
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   by awenger 13y ago

   Survata co-founder here. To clarify, Survata is not a voluntary response sample. Voluntary samples often have a bias because the individuals who choose to respond are those with strong feelings on a topic. For our surveys, the primary in
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   by awenger 14y ago

   Survata co-founder here. Good point. We had the same thought and did consider running a survey variant with the fixed 6 mo time frame. And we may just give it a try to see how the results are affected. Even with the current wording, I fin
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    by awenger 14y ago

    That's one of the first things that we (I'm a Survata co-founder) noted in seeing the data too. I see a few possible explanations: (1) A woman who sexts could have multiple sexting partners. In the extreme, you could have every man in the
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    by awenger 14y ago

    (Survata co-founder here) Survata has a DIY survey creation tool, but we review and suggest wording changes to avoid biased questions. We also advise on how to arrange (and randomize) answer choices to allow us to calculate and compensate
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    by awenger 14y ago

    (Survata co-founder here) Garry's explanation is a good one. The data for this survey was collected via surveywalls (example at [1]), which let visitors access premium content online for free in exchange for answering a few questions. Al
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    by awenger 14y ago

    Thanks again, Alex. I appreciate the comments and great ideas. We do plan to add polling and survey design experts to our team (I have stats but not polling background). And an analytics platform is coming. What do you mean by our survey
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    by awenger 14y ago

    I always forget how sarcasm is lost online. I meant that as an example of a misleading, bad poll.
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    by awenger 14y ago

    I've enjoyed the recent 5-hour ENERGY ad about how many doctors approve of their product. A whopping 73% of doctors recommend low calorie energy products... when measuring the percent of those who recommend energy products. http://www.you
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    by awenger 14y ago

    Thanks for the interest, and sorry for the delayed response. We certainly hope that the surveys are not annoying. We know that some people will prefer to pay, but others (like me) would rather take a few seconds to complete a survey than p
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    by awenger 14y ago

    Thanks for the support, Dan.
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    by awenger 14y ago

    Have you wiretapped our office? While we hope to work with big publishers too, niche blogs are an awesome place to start. As you say, they provide a self aggregated group of individuals with a common interest. They're perfect for polling.
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    by awenger 14y ago

    Thanks for the interest. Google Consumer Surveys does have a similar model to ours. There a few things that differentiate us now: 1. Our minimum spend is only $10 vs. $100 for Google; lower minimum brings in a group of people who want to g
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    by awenger 14y ago

    We agree that maintaining data quality is the biggest challenge and really the crux of this business. We have initial filters that look for incorrect answers to "checker" questions (e.g. What browser are you using? In which time zone do yo
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    by awenger 14y ago

    I agree that the lightbox experience is common, but I view the surveys as fundamentally different than advertisements. Part of our idea is that your attention is more valuable than a banner/video ad. If I had 30 seconds of time from a sma
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    by awenger 14y ago

    Thanks for the suggestion. We'll be moving to and optimizing for mobile soon. (I'm a Survata co-founder).