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Also, links to reviews on Goodreads: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539171-pirate-cinema http://www.goodreads.com/book/s

Also, links to reviews on Goodreads: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539171-pirate-cinema http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539171-pirate-cinema (rating: 3.82) Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8503271-pump-six-and-other-stories http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8503271-pump-six-and-othe... (rating: 4.11) Zoo City by Lauren Beukes – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11351953-zoo-city http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11351953-zoo-city (rating: 3.68) Invasion: Book One of the Secret World Chronicle by Mercedes Lackey – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10824696-invasion http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10824696-invasion (rating: 3.73) Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66659.Stranger_Things_Happen http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66659.Stranger_Things_Hap... (rating: 4.00) Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66657.Magic_for_Beginners http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66657.Magic_for_Beginners (rating: 4.01) bonus books: Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/957373.Signal_to_Noise http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/957373.Signal_to_Noise (rating: 3.88) Old Man’s War by John Scalzi – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51964.Old_Man_s_War http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51964.Old_Man_s_War (rating: 4.18)

a_bonobo 14y ago
You know what would be great if adapted by Goodreads? Standard Deviation for ratings. I have a hunch that with the standard-deviation, all ratings for all books even out at 4/5. Not sure why, but I think that goodreads-users are too nice due to using real names. Edit: Just played around with the "rating details" tab and numpy: Magic for Beginners has a mean rating of 4.01 and a stddev of 0.99, Pirate Cinema has a mean rating of 3.85 and a stddev of 0.89, Pump Six has a mean rating of 4.11 and a stddev of 0.81, so looking at only the standard deviations, all books have a very similar rating. Interesting, but that doesn't tell me much, except that the standard-deviation is massive in this context.

a_bonobo 14y ago

You know what would be great if adapted by Goodreads? Standard Deviation for ratings. I have a hunch that with the standard-deviation, all ratings for all books even out at 4/5. Not sure why, but I think that goodreads-users are too nice due to using real names. Edit: Just played around with the "rating details" tab and numpy: Magic for Beginners has a mean rating of 4.01 and a stddev of 0.99, Pirate Cinema has a mean rating of 3.85 and a stddev of 0.89, Pump Six has a mean rating of 4.11 and a stddev of 0.81, so looking at only the standard deviations, all books have a very similar rating. Interesting, but that doesn't tell me much, except that the standard-deviation is massive in this context.