Data on Uber Usage in the U.S.

Re:Data on Uber Usage in the U.S. by minimaxir on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:23PM (#10006667)

This is not a very insightful analysis, which is surprising since I assume it's coming from a YC batch company. (given that katm submitted it).

The stacked area charts specially are very confusing to read and are impossible to compare the changes over time of the different categories.

There also is no sample size given, which is relevant since the average values are close and therefore we can't easily say if the average values by subgroups are statistically significant at a glance. (I assume it's high, but it needs to be explicitly stated)

The title is also unanswered in the article. "More than You think" compared to what? Normal car/taxi traffic? All the data shows is that people ride Uber a lot.

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Re:Data on Uber Usage in the U.S. by mikebabineau on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:31PM (#10006693)

Thanks for the feedback -- we'll definitely be improving these over time!

To answer the question on sample size:

This analysis was done across >300,000 unique Uber customers from a very large, representative sample of US consumers.

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Re:Data on Uber Usage in the U.S. by diziet on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @08:00PM (#10007209)

What is the source of the data set? Are you buying data from credit card/ bank companies?

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Re:Data on Uber Usage in the U.S. by lillian on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @09:22PM (#10007529)

This is part of our secret sauce :)

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