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Table 5 Descriptive statistics (N = 108,463)

From: How much do social connections matter in fundraising outcomes?

Category

Variable

Description

AVG

S.D

Median

Min

Max

Pledge result-related

PledgeStatus (1 = success)

Pledge status

0.59

0.49

1

0

1

NumBackers

Backers count

85.30

136.67

38

0

999

PledgedRatio

Pledged ratio

4.01

235.42

1.02

0

12.54

PledgedAmount

Pledged amount in U.S. dollars

13,112.26

101,323

2541.1

0

1.03e + 07

Project-related

NumUpdates

Number of updates

7.66

10.94

4

0

301

NumComments

Number of comments

62.95

1254.53

1

0

145,940

NumGoal

Funding goal ($)

18,356.11

383,830.7

5000

0.01

1.00e + 08

NumDurationDays

Pledge duration days

34.70

13.62

30

1

91

NumPledgeLevels

Number of pledge levels

9.57

5.84

8

0

227

Video (1 = true, 0 = else)

Is an introduction video presented?

0.85

0.36

1

0

1

NumInvestmentHistory

Number of times of investment

0.51

2.56

0

0

96

External social connection-related

SocialConnected (1 = true)

Is social network connected?

0.62

0.49

1

0

1

NumFollowers

Number of followers

526.19

819.22

232

0

5981

Internal social connection-related

NumPageRank

PageRank of the nodes

0.0001

0.0086

0.0002

0

0.46

NumAuthority

Authority of the nodes (in HITS)

0.0005

0.0013

0.0002

0

0.0343

NumHub

Hub of the nodes (in HITS)

0.0001

0.0011

0

0

0.0459

NumDegree

Degree of the nodes (in Centrality)

0.0001

0.0003

0.0001

0

0.0196

NumEigenvector

Eigenvector of the nodes (in Centrality)

0.0017

0.0094

0.0001

0

0.2005

  1. HITS hyperlinked induced topic search