ALERT: Funny Math
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Topic: ALERT: Funny Math
Posted By: Argonaught
Subject: ALERT: Funny Math
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 10:16
I wonder how the average rating was calculated for this Jaga Jazzist's album? Shouldn't it be more like 4.67? |
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Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 10:26
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Isn't this what you get when ratings are deleted ------------- 
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Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 11:57
| I do not really know .. but, even if this is the case, shouldn't the "system" recalculate the average, based on the remaining ratings? I know for a fact it recalculated when a rating is changed. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 11:58
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I think it will re-calculate once a new review/rating is submitted.
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Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 13:03
^ an excellent idea. I went to my review, changed my rating from 5 stars to 4 and then back to 5, and bingo: the average looks a lot better now .. the deed is done .. signing off for today 
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 14:11
Great to see it back to it's rightful and, IMO, fully deserved average rating.  -------------
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Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: October 20 2014 at 05:59
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^ Indeed so. Now, there is another issue with this release that needs attention. I can't believe that only 6 (six!) PA folks voted, and only one (myself) bothered to put together a review for this fantastic album. On Discogs, the Live with Britten Sinfonia scored 20 votes, averaging @ 4.75 On Amazon, it received 4 reviews; all of them are 5-star.
I wonder if there is anything we could do to bring this album into the spotlight? |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 20 2014 at 06:31
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The principles behind the calculation of an average rating are explained at the top of a ranking list (such as the top 100 of 2013, click http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?syears=2013#list" rel="nofollow - here ). The current average rating for this album is 4.87 (6 ratings of which one is accompanied by a non-collab review): 1 5-star review with a weight of 10: 50 3 other 5-star ratings.............: 15 2 4-star ratings...................: 8 Total............................: 73 The average rating is 73 / 15 = 4.87.
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: October 20 2014 at 11:04
^ Yup, the average rating is correct now, thanks to Argonaught changing his rating twice to get it to re-calculate after some low ratings had been deleted.
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Argonaught wrote: