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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Researchers have come up with a mathematical model that they claim can predict whether a relationship will fail.
 
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Relationship? What's a relationship?

FG
 
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
1 + 1 = 1.5 (an odd blend of 1 and 2) ?

I wish they'd published the test, although that likely would've taken all the pages.
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Yeah, me too. It'd be fun to take.
 
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
 
I wonder if being told you're going to divorce or being told you're going to stay together influences your decision making. It's hard to see how the researchers can maintain the objectivity they seem to need to collect the data. Staging a controlled argument isn't going to produce the natural reactions that it would if they didn't think anyone was listening or analyzing them.

I wonder if it would be any different if the researcher fully participated in the discussion while gathering data, like a marriage counsellor might.
 
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
One of the pre-marital/marital enrichment inventories that I use has studies showing a pretty good predictive rate. But the counselor is not supposed to tell the couple that. Instead we work on improving the score.
 
Posted by StigLarson (Member # 5579) on :
 
Was this thread created merely to taunt single people about their singularity?????

I think we should be told.
 
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
 
What the heck is wrong with being single? [Smile]
 
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
 
Stig, don't wory about the singularity. It will crush anyone making fun of it to quantum foam. I love black holes.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Apparently, "gay and lesbian couples, as well as heterosexual couples that do not marry, hold on to the positive value of courtship better than straight partners who get hitched".

[ February 14, 2004, 04:32 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 


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