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Results form Pandora survey

 

Question                                                               A              B              C             D              E

Did you like each of the songs that pandora chose

 

5 5 5 5 3

Reasons that Pandora gave for choosing the songs

 

5 4 4 5 3
What is your response to the fact that the company might be able to predict the algorithm 5 1 3 1 4

 

Results in a graph:

 

 

 

Interestingly enough, participant E who is currently a graduate student was far less sensitive to the fact that the company could predict an algorithm for his musical taste than many other undergraduate students. It might thus be inferred that age has very little to do with the sensitivity towards the algorithm, as some undergraduates seemed to view this negatively whereas others seemed to view is positively or remained unaffected by it(participant C).

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