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Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere: Tales of Humor and Healing from Rural America
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Amazon Reviews for  Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere: Tales of Humor and Healing from Rural America
Rating:
393 Ratings
393 Reviews
("Ratings" vs. "Reviews")
0% of potentially unnatural reviews removed (why?)
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Pass Overall Grade
FAIL Reviewer Participation
WARN Reviewer Ease
PASS Rating Trend
PASS Unverified Purchases
PASS Word Count Comparison
PASS Phrase Repetition
PASS Suspicious Reviewers
PASS Overlapping Review History
PASS Brand Repeats
PASS Incentivized Reviews
PASS Deleted Reviews

Most Trusted Reviews

Although there are some editorial missteps that are annoying they ... [Go to full review]
Jul 28, 2014      
100% TRUST
  • Verified Purchaser
  • Take-Back Reviewer (2 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 5.0)
  • Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.0)


Least Trusted Reviews

I follow Dr. Brock on FB and couldn't resist the ... [Go to full review]
Oct 16, 2019      
38% TRUST
  • Verified Purchaser

Reviewer data not yet gathered.


Analysis Details

Fail Reviewer Participation

  • 84%
  • 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 330 reviewers (or 84%) are within an overrepresented participation group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 4.9, while all other reviews have rated this product an average of 4.7. 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.

From reviewers with an overrepresented participation

From reviewers with a properly represented participation


4.9
4.7


Read more about our Reviewer Participation test.

Warn Reviewer Ease
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 4.6, 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.

4.6 Product's Average Ease Score

4.3 Category's Average Ease Score


4.6
4.3


Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.


Pass Rating Trend

  • 2%
  • Created over 2 days

We counted 393 reviews for this product over the span of 2,046 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 2 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 8 reviews were created on just 2 days. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.

from reviews created on high volume days

from reviews created on normal volume days


5.0
4.9


Read more about our Rating Trend test.

Pass Unverified Purchases

36 of the 393 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.

from unverified purchasers

from verified purchases


4.8
4.9


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.

Pass Word Count Comparison

  • 0%
  • Have an overrepresented word count
We didn't find any review word count groups that had a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see in this category.
Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.

Pass Phrase Repetition
Reviews that contain one of these phrases are NOT necessarily devalued; read more about how this test works here.

Common Phrases in Reviews:
5 reviews
(4.6/5)
6 reviews
(4.7/5)
10 reviews
(4.9/5)
6 reviews
(5.0/5)
6 reviews
(5.0/5)
4 reviews
(5.0/5)
5 reviews
(4.6/5)
3 reviews
(5.0/5)
3 reviews
(4.3/5)
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Common Phrases in Titles:
5 reviews
(4.6/5)


21 of the 393 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.

from reviews with substantial repetitive phrases

from reviews without substantial repetitive phrases


4.9
4.9


Read more about our Phrase Repetition test.

Pass Suspicious Reviewers

One-Hit Wonders


33 of the 393 reviewers have only reviewed this product. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.

from one-hit wonders

from reviewers with more than one review


4.9
4.9


Never-Verified Reviewers


10 of the 393 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.

from never-verified reviewers

from reviewers with at least one verified purchase review


4.8
4.9


Take-Back Reviewers


76 of the 393 reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.

from take-back reviewers

from reviewers without previously deleted reviews


4.7
4.9


Single-Day Reviewers


7 of the 393 reviewers have written multiple reviews but posted all of them on a single day. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.

from single-day reviewers

from non-single-day reviewers


5.0
4.9


Read more about our Suspicious Reviewers test.

Pass Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:

2% also reviewed:
Gone Girl: A Novel by Julia Whelan

1% also reviewed:
The Liar by Nora Roberts

1% also reviewed:
The Good Neighbor by A. J. Banner



34 of the 393 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.

from reviewers with substantial overlapping history

from reviewers without a substantial overlapping history


4.9
4.9


Read more about our Overlapping Review History test.

Pass Brand Repeats

Brand Repeaters

We didn't detect a substantial amount of Brand Repeaters.

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


4 of the 393 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.

from incentivized reviews

from non-incentivized reviews


4.3
4.9


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

Pass Deleted Reviews
  • 0
  • Reviews have been deleted
We have not discovered any deleted reviews for this product.

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.