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I disagree strongly with your statement that the 5 star system is "exactly the same as asking someone "would you use/watch/go/buy-from this product/place/movie
by pmjoyce 17y ago
I disagree strongly with your statement that the 5 star system is
"exactly the same as asking someone "would you use/watch/go/buy-from this product/place/movie/business again?". "
In fact, I think this is exactly where the complication arises from. I agree that that is probably a close approximation of the question one would like to have answered, but asking people to give a rating out of 5 stars certainly doesn't ask it. Not only that but it actually muddies the water somewhat when aggregate data is spat out as an answer.
- thwarted 17y agoAgreed, that is a question that needs a boolean answer, and a rating scale is a range of answers. But if you were to ask ten people that question and their average answers came back at above the half-way point, would you think it was a good place or not? If nine of your friends said they had a good experience and one said they didn't, how is it not that this place is considered to be a good? That's all these rating system strive to do. I also don't see how any of this leads to less or more "honesty" in the ratings.