February 10, 2008
Comparison of Candidate-Matching Engines (preview)
Here are some notes for my upcoming analysis on Presidential Candidate Comparison Shopping. To be followed by a whole lotta discussion this week...
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grabber.com | 26 | 2 to 6
(3.2 per) | option
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100% | active only | by issue,
who agreed | afterwards, Wikipedia | No | | | usatoday.com | 11 | 3 to 6
(4.9 per) | answer all | visual, bar graph | show all,
dropped = grayed out | matrix view! | no | afterwards,
w/ sliders | source for positions,
running-totals | | vajoe.com | 24 | 2 or 3
(yes, no, ?) | can leave blank | 0% to
100% | active + recently active? | no | beforehand,
on-site | beforehand,
1 to 3 | "composite candidate" | minnesota
.publicradio.org | 17 | 2 to 7
(3.0 per) | can leave blank | 1 to 10 | active + recently active? | by candidate,
agreed or disagreed | no? | beforehand,
1 to 3 | source for positions, | | glassbooth.org | 14 | 2
(yes, no) | option
to skip | 0% to
100% | active + option for dropouts | by candidate,
agreed or disagreed, how much | beforehand, Wikipedia | beforehand,
1 to 5 | multiple sources! | | abcnews.com | 11 | 3 to 6
(4.9 per) | answer all | visual, pictures of top 3 | dropouts are still in the top 3, but faded | matrix,
but only for the top 3 | no! | no! | no! | electoral
compass.com | 36 | 2
(yes, no) | option
to skip | cartesian | shows all,
"X" for the dropouts | by candidate,
agreed or disagreed, how much | no | beforehand,
1 to 5 | sources for positions | | gotoquiz.com | 17 | 2 to 4
(2.9 per) | can leave blank | 0% to
100% | shows all, no difference in active and dropout | no | no | beforehand,
1 to 5 | | washington
post.com | 25 | 1x per candidate | can skip ahead | 1 to 25
points | active + recently active? | by candidate | no | beforehand,
w/ slider | running-totals,
but you can turn it on/off | select
smart.com | N/A... I did not appreciate the ads between the survey and the answer.
The only interesting part was the inclusion of candidates not in the race.
(Al Gore, Michael Bloomberg, Newt Gingrich, Stephen Colbert...) |
Comparison of Candidate-Matching Engines (preview)
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on February 10, 2008 at 5:36 PM
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