This post describes an approach: http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating..

This post describes an approach: http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.... and this little page demonstrates an adaptation to a 5-star rating system: http://www.goproblems.com/test/wilson/wilson.php?v1=0&v2=0&v3=3&v4=0&v5=0 http://www.goproblems.com/test/wilson/wilson.php?v1=0&v2... Randall Munroe gave a user-oriented explanation of the system here: http://blog.reddit.com/2009/10/reddits-new-comment-sorting-system.html http://blog.reddit.com/2009/10/reddits-new-comment-sorting-s...