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On the "half your age plus seven rule" study

I quote from the article:

A 2000 study found that the rule was fairly accurate at predicting the minimum age of a woman that a man would marry or date. However, the rule was not found to be predictive of the minimum age of a man that a woman would marry or date, nor (by reversing the formula) of the maximum age that either sex would marry or date.

It's a rule which is by definition prescriptive. How can it predict anything? Does the prohibition of murder predict that people will not murder? I was gonna check the cited study but unfortunately, I'm denied access. Can someone look into this? — Python Drink ( talk) 06:39, 25 May 2024 (UTC) reply

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On the "half your age plus seven rule" study

I quote from the article:

A 2000 study found that the rule was fairly accurate at predicting the minimum age of a woman that a man would marry or date. However, the rule was not found to be predictive of the minimum age of a man that a woman would marry or date, nor (by reversing the formula) of the maximum age that either sex would marry or date.

It's a rule which is by definition prescriptive. How can it predict anything? Does the prohibition of murder predict that people will not murder? I was gonna check the cited study but unfortunately, I'm denied access. Can someone look into this? — Python Drink ( talk) 06:39, 25 May 2024 (UTC) reply


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