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Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere: Tales of Humor and Healing from Rural America
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From Dr. Bo Brock
This report was last updated 1/4/2020.
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Note: We only analyze "reviews" and ignore one-tap "ratings".
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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
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
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
Reviewer data not yet gathered.
Analysis Details
Fail Reviewer Participation
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- 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.
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
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Pass Rating Trend
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- 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.
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.
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
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- 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.
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:
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6 reviews
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10 reviews
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6 reviews
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4 reviews
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6 reviews
(5.0/5)
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4 reviews
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5 reviews
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3 reviews
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3 reviews
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Common Phrases in Titles:
5 reviews
(4.6/5)
(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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pass Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
2% also reviewed:
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2% also reviewed:
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1% also reviewed:
Gray Mountain: A Novel by John Grisham
1% also reviewed:
The Liar by Nora Roberts
1% also reviewed:
The Good Neighbor by A. J. Banner
1% also reviewed:
Episode 2 (Original UK Edition) by Julian Fellowes
1% also reviewed:
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1% also reviewed:
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Does not include products
from the same brand
from the same brand
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.
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.
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:
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.