Couple’s Compatibility Midpoint Presentation

Noaa Avital

Katy Harrison

Sharena Paripatyadar

The Problem

• Online matching services have many matches for every person

• No simple way of seeing your compatibility with a match

• Difficult to compare matches

• Each site offers different dimensions

• Pages upon pages of reading material

Our Project

• Building a system that creates a visualization for the compatibility of two people based on compatibility dimensions

• Visualization modified based on the best fit to the criteria used for compatibility matching

• Easy to compare multiple matches

The Process

• Created 3 Categories:– 1-4 Dimensions– 5-8 Dimensions– 9-20 Dimensions

• Brainstormed/prototyped 12 ideas for visualization of matches

• Narrowed down to top 6 for user testing

Top Visualizations

• 1-4 Dimensions

Bar Graph

Sliders with Whiskers

Sliders without Whiskers

Very Compat. Very Incompat.

Top Visualizations

• 5-8 Dimensions

Line Graph

Sliders without Whiskers

Radial Graph

Top Visualizations

Heat Maps

• 9-20 Dimensions

Line Graphs

Radial Graphs

Didn’t Make the Cut

Meters

Scatter Plots

Heart Sliders

Didn’t Make the Cut

Circle-Halves Color Comparisons

Heart Meters

Face/Scene Halves

User Testing• Tested users from various backgrounds

– Engineering, business, IB, physics, english

• 10 Trials of Comparing Two Graphs– User chooses better match

Trial 5 A B

Data Analysis

• Data Used for Decision– How user picked match– Liked/Disliked (Ease)– Time– Number correct

• Results– 1-4: Sliders without

Whiskers– 5-8: Radial Graph– 9-20: Radial Graph

Implementation

• Web Interface Inputs– Number of dimensions– Dimension name and values– Range of results (Good/Med/Bad)– Enter Person A’s results– Enter Person B’s results

• Appropriate Image Generated

• Uses Processing Java Applet/HTML

The Code So Far

• Only number of dimensions and generated image

• Couple's Compatibility Website

The Plan

• Implementation of:– Remaining web interaction– Mapping function for results– 9-20 graphs– Zooming (Radial)

• Possible Features– Handling of 21+ dimensions– Comparison of 2+ people