Foundation
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Most Trusted Reviews
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Unverified Purchaser
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Take-Back Reviewer (1 deleted Review; avg. rating: 5.0)
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Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.1)
Least Trusted Reviews
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Verified Purchaser
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Created on a high volume day
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Single-Day Reviewer (posted all reviews on Dec 25, 2014)
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Brand Repeater (2 of 6 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 5.0)
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Overrepresented Participation (posted 6 Reviews)
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Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.7)
Analysis Details
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We discovered a total of 286 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 4.5. 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:
- 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.
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Take-Back Reviewers
Approximately 60% of reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. This is an excessively large percentage of Take-Back Reviewers which may indicate unnatural reviews.
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- Created on high-volume days
Read more about our Rating Trend test.
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510 of the 9,259 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.
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- Have an overrepresented word count
Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.
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Less than approximately 10% of reviews 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.
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~15% also reviewed:
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~15% also reviewed:
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
<10% also reviewed:
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<10% also reviewed:
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from the same brand
Approximately 40% 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.
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4.2 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
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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.