• experiments

    What Can You Get For $5?

    Here's an interesting experiment. This website is trying to use Flickr to explore the relative value of $5 around the world. They're asking you to take pictures of things that cost 5 bucks and submit them to their Flickr pool, (or email them). More »

    9:31 AM on Thu Jul 24 2008
    By Meg Marco
    10,476 views, 43 comments

    Latest by Dansc29625: @Skiffer: The current percentage is 80% post-82 and 20% pre-82. That equals up to $6.44. more »

  • ask the consumerists

    How To Design A Monster Vs Coat Hanger Experiment?

    One of our readers is an enterprising psych major and he would really like to recreate the Monster Cable vs Coat Hanger test with laboratory-grade methodology, controls, and statistical measures. However, Adam needs your help. What is the minimum equipment he should buy, both audio equipment and coat-hanger-wise?

    2:12 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
    By Ben Popken
    4,009 views, 34 comments

    Latest by WylieCalidus: since you are a doing this for a psych project, don't think equipment at all. Think perception. Use what ever more »

  • experiments

    Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?

    Can you tell the difference between music that passed through a pricey Monster stereo Cable, and a coat hanger? A reader forwarded us a post from the Audioholics Home Theater Forum and its author says no. He says his brother ran an experiment on him and four other audio aficionados listening to a new CD from a new group blindfolded. Seven different songs were played, each time heard with the speaker hooked up to Monster Cables, and the other time, hooked up to coat hanger wire. Nobody could determine which was the Monster Cable and which was the coat hanger. The kicker? None of the subjects even knew that coat hangers were going to be used. This is, of course, "nothing new," a Google of "monster cables vs coat hangers" shows that some users have been saying this for a while. Still, this is an experiment begging to be recreated under controlled conditions (say, for instance, a double-blind test). Science fair project! Read how it went down, inside... More »

    12:00 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
    By Ben Popken
    230,936 views, 95 comments

    Latest by LorenaJillion: Goes to show that Monster Cable products are crap. I've never read a review that said they were any good, more »

  • stocks

    Consumerist ACSI Fund 1st Check In

    Does higher customer satisfaction lead to better stock performance?

    After reading a scientific article in the Journal of Science claiming exactly that, we put together two mock stock portfolios. One contained companies that both scored in the top 20% of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) relative to their competition and beat the national ACSI average. The other was the reverse, companies scoring in the bottom 20% and having scores lower than the national mean.

    Since May, when the portfolios began, the ACSI fund is down 5.63%. The ANTI-ACSI fund is down 8.16%. Also, we messed up. Overview inside... More »

    10:27 AM on Mon Sep 10 2007
    By Ben Popken
    1,916 views, 4 comments

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