
Episode #1
Romance by the Numbers: First Sparks Across Tropes
<p>Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan introduce Regression to the Mean Girls, a podcast about data-driven side quests in pop culture. In this episode, Sarah analyzes 45 recent romance novels to find out how different romance tropes affect the timing of the couple’s first kiss.</p><p>Check out the full analysis here: https://regressiontothemeangirls.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Links to content we chat about on the episode:</p>Edward L. Kaplan and the Kaplan-Meier Survival CurveNonparametric Estimation from Incomplete ObservationsNot just love, actually: why romance fiction is boomingWhat is the lipstick index?<p><br></p><p>Fol...

