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The article "How Not To Sort By Average Rating" by the same author (and also linked in this article) is really good, and definitely changed my thinking about an
by mcphage 2y ago
The article "How Not To Sort By Average Rating" by the same author (and also linked in this article) is really good, and definitely changed my thinking about any kind of "sort by best to worst" list: https://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html https://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating...
- Joker_vD 2y agoHm. I wonder how well would "Score = [Positive ratings] / ([Total ratings] + 1)" fare.
- mcphage 2y agoIt'll help some, but I don't think enough—it's way, way easier to get a good score on a small number of ratings than a large number. And the span on the number of ratings is several orders of magnitude—for instance, on Amazon you can do a search and get back products with less than 10 ratings along side products with over 10,000 ratings.
- vismit2000 2y agoCovered by 3b1b some years ago: https://youtu.be/8idr1WZ1A7Q https://youtu.be/8idr1WZ1A7Q
- mcphage 2y agoThose were good, thanks! It's a shame he never released part 3, though :-(