• 83
• Reviews have been deleted

We discovered a total of 83 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 3.8. Even though deleted reviews don't affect the average rating, the fact that action was taken to delete reviews raises some red flags about the integrity of the reviews for the product as whole.

There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:

1. 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.
2. We have no information on reviews that were never published in the first place.
3. 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.

Read more about our Deleted Reviews test.

Show distribution of deleted reviews

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• 8%
• Created over 18 days

We counted 1,618 reviews for this product over the span of 1,343 days, an average of 1.2 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 6 or fewer reviews on any given day.

However, we see the following 18 days exceeding this threshold:

• 10 Reviews on Sep 12, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.8)
• 9 Reviews on Aug 11, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.9)
• 9 Reviews on Dec 12, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.2)
• 8 Reviews on Aug 29, 2016 (Avg. rating: 5.0)
• 8 Reviews on Sep 7, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.9)
• 8 Reviews on Aug 26, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.8)
• 7 Reviews on Aug 10, 2016 (Avg. rating: 5.0)
• 7 Reviews on Dec 26, 2016 (Avg. rating: 5.0)
• 7 Reviews on Sep 7, 2017 (Avg. rating: 5.0)
• 7 Reviews on Jul 20, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.9)
• 7 Reviews on Sep 27, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.9)
• 7 Reviews on Oct 27, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.9)
• 7 Reviews on Jul 6, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.7)
• 7 Reviews on Oct 14, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.7)
• 7 Reviews on Sep 23, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.6)
• 7 Reviews on May 30, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.4)
• 7 Reviews on Jul 15, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.3)
• 7 Reviews on Aug 9, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.1)
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In total, we found that 136 reviews were created on just 18 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 4.5. 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.

Read more about our Rating Trend test.

• 
• 41%
• Used substantial repetitive phrases

670 of the 1,618 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.7 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.

Read more about our Phrase Repetition test.

One-Hit Wonders

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• 13%
• have only posted one review

210 of the 1,618 reviewers have only reviewed this product. While this is more One-Hit Wonders than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.

Read more about our Suspicious Reviewers test.

• 
• 63%
• Have an overrepresented word count

In the graph above, we can see the distribution of review word counts for this product and the expected distribution for this category. We see the following 2 groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:

• 16-25 words: 19.3% (Avg. rating: 4.5)
• 26-40 words: 43.8% (Avg. rating: 4.6)

In total, we found that 1,020 reviews (or 63%) are within an overrepresented word count group. This is an excessively high number of reviews in overrepresented word count groups.

Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.

• 
• 47%
• From reviewers with an overrepresented participation

We see the following 1 participation group with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:

• Reviewers with 1-5 Reviews: 46.7% (Avg. rating: 4.4)

In total, we found that 756 reviewers (or 47%) are within an overrepresented participation group. While this is more reviews from overrepresented participation groups than we'd expect to see, these reviews do not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.

Read more about our Reviewer Participation test.

• 
• 7%
• Unverified Purchases

109 of the 1,618 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.

• 
• 8%
• Substantial overlapping review history

134 of the 1,618 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.

Read more about our Overlapping Review History test.

The ease score is the average rating for all reviews that a given reviewer submits. The average ease score for reviewers of this product is 4.4, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3. While this discrepancy is rather large, it is not quite large enough to rule out the possibility of it being due random chance.

Brand Repeaters

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• 8%
• Reviewed other products from this brand

132 of the 1,618 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.

Read more about our Brand Repeats test.

On Oct 3, 2016, Amazon prohibited incentivized reviews, however we still test for them since there are still millions in our dataset.

• 
• 0%
• Admitted to receiving an incentive

1 of the 1,618 total reviews for this product admitted to receiving a free or discounted product in exchange for a review. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.

Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.