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ReverseEngineeringKloutScoreSeanCooke
Advisor:ProfessorLisaSmith
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WhatIsKloutScore?
• Kloutisawebsiteandmobileappthatgivestheirusersa“KloutScore”.
• KloutScoreisanumberfrom1to100represenHnghow“influenHal”auserisacrossallofsocialmedia.
• KloutScoredoesnotdependonwhatyousay,butratherhowpeoplereacttoit.
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KloutScoreAccordingtoKlout
• KloutScoreuses400variablesfromauserspublicTwiNer,Facebook,Google+,LinkedInandFoursquareprofilesfromthelast90days.
• TheaverageKloutscoreiscloseto20andascoregreaterthan50putsyouinthe95thpercenHle.
• “PosHngathousandHmesandgeWngzeroresponsesisnotasinfluenHalasposHngonceandgeWngathousandresponses.”
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KloutScoreExamplesName KloutScore
BarackObama 99
JusHnTimberlake 95
LeBronJames 92
JimmyFallon 91
JoeBiden 89
MichelleObama 89
MindyKaling 86
AamirKhan 86
ElonMusk 85
MarissaMayer 85
SeanCooke(Me) 47
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ObservedKloutScoreDistribuHon
799065388089889390918925648688879995959591919466439414408587789095818855497989628364364482858683873991818549
868980
57DataPoints
Mean=75.72
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ObservedKloutScoreDistribuHon
FiveNumberSummarySampleMinimum 14FirstQuarHle 65Median 85ThirdQuarHle 90SampleMaximum 99
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WhatContributesMostToKloutScore?
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WhatContributesMostToKloutScore?
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WhatInformaHonShouldWeUse?
• “KloutScorecanbeesHmatedusinglog(retweets)orlog(followers)”
• Whynotboth?• SuspectedEquaHonForm:𝐴+𝐵∗ln(𝑇𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠)+ � 𝐷∗ln(𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠)=𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒
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MethodofLeastSquaresandSolver
• Themethodofleastsquareswasusedtominimizetheamountoferrorinmyinfluencescore
• SolvernumericallydeterminedtheequaHon:18.098+3.149∗ ln (𝑇𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠) +1.888∗ ln (𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠) =𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒
• ThisInfluenceScorewasthenboundedbetween1and100
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VarianceInflaHonFactor
• AreTwiNerFollowersandRetweetstoocorrelated?
• NovarianceinflaHonwithnonlinearmodel• ThereforeourR2valueisnotarHficiallyinflatedandourmodelremainsstable
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RegressionAnalysis
R²=0.85
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WhoIsThisaGoodEsHmateFor?
Category CountActor 21CiHzen 12Musician 11Businessman 6Sports 4PoliHcian 3
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WhoIsThisaGoodEsHmateFor?
R²=0.65
R²=0.28
R²=0.96
R²=0.71
R²=0.97
R²=0.73
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PredicHngKlout
• AKloutScoreisonlycalculatedforthoseuserswhosignupforKlout
• ManyTwiNerusersdonothaveaKloutScore• AKloutScorepredicHoncanbemadeusingmyBoundedInfluenceFormula
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@GeneseoGREATDay’sBoundedInfluenceScore
• @GeneseoGREATDaydoesnothaveaKloutScorebutitdoeshaveaBoundedInfluenceScore
• NumberofTwiNerFollowers:26• NumberofRetweets:11• 33≈32.886=18.098+3.149∗ ln (26)
+1.888∗ ln (11)
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FuturePlans
• IwouldliketoseeifanR²valuegreaterthan0.85canbeachievedusingjustpeoplewhofallunderthecategoryof“Sports”and/or“Businessmen”
• ApplyingequaHonformtorankfreelancers