Request for Question Clarification by
johnny_phoenix-ga
on
23 Oct 2002 08:48 PDT
Hello
I've looked into this one for you and due to the nature of the
question, as you probably guessed the answer is not going to be any
better than a guess.
The problem is that although you say average, the surveys that have
been done are mostly this type.
Q: Where would you go to find a date A) Dating Service B) Pub C)
Supermarket
So even the answer will only give you a cross section of how many
people per thousand would go to a pub or club.
Then there is the survey of;
Q: DO you generally go to a bar
A) to pick up a date B) to socialise C) to get blind drunk
So again the response would not answer your question.
Therefore you would have to rely on extrapolated data from people
visiting bars and providing an average from asking the specific
questions you have asked.
This would entirely depend on the bars they chose. If they chose 10
random bars, they may be known bars where people generally go to meet
partners or they may be bars that are the usual bar for people to meet
up, either way the data will be inconclusive and inaccurate.
It also depends on which night of the week the studies have been done
but we can assume for the purposes of the excercise that it was Friday
or Saturday.
It also depends on the location of the bar or club, i.e. local bar or
city bar.
In saying all that any answer you are given whether based on research,
polls or statistics would be no more or less accurate than you or I
making a best guess.
Personally I would say in an average bar holding 300 people, guessing
at an average group size of three people one of them could be single.
So you have 100 single people, lets guess one third of them aren't
really looking to meet someone. I would say you are looking at around
about 11% looking for a partner and 89% hanging out with friends.
Possibly a buffer of 5% on the ones not looking that could be
persuaded.
I obviously haven't posted this as an answer but if there is something
in here that you have found useful, i will gladly enter it as an
answer and add any information you request.
Johnny Phoenix
