this is inspired by hotornot.com
2007-11-03 03:20:54 · 3 answers · asked by Adam S 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
It depends on the breadth of the population. If you were looking at a homogeneous group (your friends, people in a particular class), the likelihood is that since they share a lot in common, they would have similar opinions, so looking at 10 or 20 people might give you a good sense of whether or not all people like your friends or all people in that class found a person attractive. If, however, you were trying to get a broad sample to see if the person would be considered attractive by all people globally, you might need a sample of several hundreds or even thousands, because standards of beauty might be very different in Sweden than they would be in the Congo, and you would need to capture that variance in your sample.
2007-11-03 03:55:10 · answer #1 · answered by neniaf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sample size? Are you kidding me? Seriously...what makes someone attractive is on an individual basis. What one person thinks another person may have a completely different opinion. Ex: The rock...some people think he is hot just because he is a big guy with lots of muscles...others don't because he is a big guy with lots of muscles. Mae West...people thought she was hot because of her curves and vava voom attitude...by today's standards she would probably be considered fat.
It just depends on what you are into.
2007-11-03 04:35:41 · answer #2 · answered by mamabee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One or infinity. Only your brain can draw such a conclusion based on your own standards. Trust your inner you, your instincts.
2007-11-03 03:24:54 · answer #3 · answered by SBB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋