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Re: Netflix rating system?

Posted by Invid Fan on 10/07/51 11:51

In article <1151459071.928086.86580@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
<so.noted@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Russ wrote:
> > I was on Net flix picking out movies in the Sci Fi department and came
> > across The Brothers Grimm. I was reading the reviews and it seemed
> > most people gave it one or two stars yet Net Flix had it at 3 stars.
> > So I added up all of the reviews just to see what was going on. Here
> > is what I found.
> >
> > 138 people gave it one star.
> > 110 gave it two stars
> > 73 gave it three stars
> > 47 gave it 4 stars
> > 23 gave it 5 stars.
> >
> > Which equals 391
> >
> > Here is where I am a little lost. What do you do next to get the
> > average rating? divide by 5?
> >
> > Somehow with numbers like those above shouldn't it be more around 2
> > stars? Is Net Flix being honest with their math or are they just
> > trying to push dud movies on us.
>
> Actually, they're trying to push movies on duds.

Why would they care? Hell, in their perfect world people would pay the
monthly fee and not rent anything :)

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'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
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