If this is right, and I just know fewer people than you do, then it could be that my marginal contactee was just as close to me as your marginal contactee is to you.
My initial reaction is that this is unlikely because I attempted to contact basically everyone I could, even people I hadn’t talked to in 4+ years.
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In particular, a better number would be to compare the amount you raised to the median amount raised by other fundraisers who also contacted their friends individually. Unfortunately I don’t have that number (yet).
Do you mean comparing my amount raised to the median amount raised by other fundraisers who contacted about as many people as I did? The problem with that is that it wouldn’t account for variation in how many people I’m close with. I’m not really sure how to get rid of this factor, except by giving many people the same instructions about what sort of person to contact, and seeing how well they do fundraising for REG and AMF.
Yeah, it also doesn’t count for variations in wealth among friend groups.
I think it could be useful to look at both % of people who donate and total money raised then, just to get different perspectives.
Keep in mind that it’s possible that maybe your friends would have donated more to AMF, even if the same number gave, so the absolute amount does matter some.
My initial reaction is that this is unlikely because I attempted to contact basically everyone I could, even people I hadn’t talked to in 4+ years.
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Yeah, it also doesn’t count for variations in wealth among friend groups.
I think it could be useful to look at both % of people who donate and total money raised then, just to get different perspectives.
Keep in mind that it’s possible that maybe your friends would have donated more to AMF, even if the same number gave, so the absolute amount does matter some.