Weller WPS18MP High-Performance Soldering Iron , Red
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Most Trusted Reviews
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Take-Back Reviewer (1 deleted Review; avg. rating: 5.0)
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.0)
Least Trusted Reviews
TRUST
- Unverified Purchaser
- Take-Back Reviewer (1 deleted Review; avg. rating: 1.0)
- Overlapping Review History: reviewed 1 of 9 top products
- Overrepresented Participation (posted 7 Reviews)
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 3.6)
Analysis Details
63 of the 157 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. The unverified purchasers have rated this product an average of 1.9 while the verified purchasers have rated this product an average of 4.2. 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.
Take-Back Reviewers
69 of the 157 reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. The Take-Back Reviewers have rated this product an average of 3.6 while the reviewers who don't have any deleted reviews in their history have rated this product an average of 3.1. 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.
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25 of the 157 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.2 while the reviewers who have a more unique product review history rated this product an average of 3.1. 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.
We discovered a total of 2 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 3. 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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- 53%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We see the following 2 participation groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 83 reviewers (or 53%) are within an overrepresented participation group. This is an excessively high number of reviewers in overrepresented participation groups.
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- Created over 4 days
However, we see the following 4 days exceeding this threshold:
- 2 Reviews on Jan 24, 2012 (Avg. rating: 4.0)
- 2 Reviews on Dec 6, 2014 (Avg. rating: 3.5)
- 2 Reviews on Mar 23, 2016 (Avg. rating: 3.0)
- 2 Reviews on Feb 21, 2013 (Avg. rating: 2.0)
Read more about our Rating Trend test.
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- Have an overrepresented word count
Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.
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20 of the 157 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.
4.0 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Brand Repeaters
3 of the 157 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.
1 of the 157 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.