Following the Crowd – Reviews Sites
How important are customer reviews to shoppers? Very important, as it turns out. The fact is, 90% of consumers read online reviews before visiting a business. And 88% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations. Consumer review sites including Yelp, Citysearch, and TripAdvisor have become the first destination for recommendations on everything […]
Matching issues within Singapore’s School Admissions
As an international student from Singapore, learning about matching theory immediately brought to mind our Secondary (or Middle) school posting exercise. Students take a standardized test called the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), and are given scores based on a bell-curve. Students then indicate 6 schools of their preference before taking the examination to the […]
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