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JustSemantics
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JustSemantics
17y ago
One data point is the netflix rating set from their contest. The system is 1 to 5 stars. The average movie rating was 3.4 in 1998 climbing to 3.8 in 2005. Back to the original point -- if you used a formula with a default rating of 3 it wou
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JustSemantics
17y ago
It's very nice to see a mathematically motivated piece on how to sort based on users ratings. But there are two problems with the solution presented, the first minor, and the second more serious. Minor: Distributions of ratings are not usua