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From Weber, David
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Most Trusted Reviews
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Take-Back Reviewer (2 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 3.0)
- Brand Repeater (2 of 56 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 4.0)
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 3.4)
Least Trusted Reviews
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Created on a high volume day
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Take-Back Reviewer (2 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 5.0)
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.5)
Analysis Details
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- 5%
- Created over 16 days
We counted 1,399 reviews for this product over the span of 7,789 days, an average of 0.2 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 3 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 16 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 70 reviews were created on just 16 days. The reviews on these high volume days have rated this product an average of 4.7 while reviews from other days have rated this product an average of 4.4. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Take-Back Reviewers
358 of the 1,399 reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. This is an excessively large percentage of Take-Back Reviewers which may indicate unnatural reviews.
149 of the 1,399 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.6 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases rated this product an average of 4.4. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
4.3 Product's Average Ease Score
4.2 Category's Average Ease Score
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- 71%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We see the following 3 participation groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 994 reviewers (or 71%) are within an overrepresented participation group. This is an excessively high number of reviewers in overrepresented participation groups.
190 of the 1,399 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Unverified purchases may be the result of Kindle Unlimited readers, buyers who didn't pay full price, or reviewers who did not purchase the product at Amazon. Read more about our Unverified Purchases test.
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- 0%
- Have an overrepresented word count
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265 of the 1,399 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Brand Repeaters
251 of the 1,399 reviewers have reviewed other products for this brand. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
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- 0%
- Admitted to receiving an incentive
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
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- Reviews have been deleted
There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:
- We don't have a magic ability to collect every single deleted review; we can only identify reviews as deleted if we collect them on one date and then notice they are no longer visible on a subsequent date.
- We have no information on reviews that were never published in the first place.
- We also don't know why these reviews were removed. It could be action from the platform, personal decision by the review author, part of an entire account closure, even some data error on our part, etc.