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I should invent a statistical distribution for scores in 5 star rating systems. There should be peaks at 5 and 1 with a spread in between. Deviations from this
by fidotron 3y ago
I should invent a statistical distribution for scores in 5 star rating systems. There should be peaks at 5 and 1 with a spread in between. Deviations from this distribution would be a fraud indicator, and the 5:1 ratio the rating.
With moves like this Amazon are trending towards the same discoverability quality in their marketplace that Google has achieved with the web as a whole, which may hint at another unknown fundamental law of internet economics.
- daft_pink 3y agoi agree. i researched reviews for products and services i like and product and services that look fake. i think the top restaurants in my area have a staircase like distribution where 1 star reviews have the lowest aggregate quantity. products and services that suck have more one star reviews than 2, 3 and 4 star reviews and are consistently more polarized with one and five star reviews.