The Trusted Advisor: 20th Anniversary Edition
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From David H. Maister
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Most Trusted Reviews
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 5.0)
Least Trusted Reviews
TRUST
- Unverified Purchaser
- Overlapping Review History: reviewed 1 of 9 top products
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 3.6)
Analysis Details
39 of the 1,380 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. The unverified purchasers have rated this product an average of 2.0 while the verified purchasers 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.
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.
One-Hit Wonders
Approximately 15% of reviewers have only reviewed this product. While this is more One-Hit Wonders than we'd expect to see, the discrepancy in ratings between the One-Hit Wonders and reviewers who have posted more than one review isn't significant enough to rule out the possibility of it being due to random chance.
Take-Back Reviewers
Approximately 35% of reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. While this is more Take-Back Reviewers than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
(4.3/5)
Approximately 70% of reviews use substantial repetitive phrases between them. This is an excessively large percentage which may indicate unnatural reviews.
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- <10%
- Created on high-volume days
Read more about our Rating Trend test.
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- <10%
- Have an overrepresented word count
Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.
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Approximately 20% of 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.
4.4 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
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Brand Repeaters
Less than approximately 10% of 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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- <10%
- 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.