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Arm & Hammer Ultra Absorbent Adult Dog Pads, 75 count
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Note: While Amazon.com claims 607 Ratings, we counted 609 Reviews available on their site.
Note: We only analyze "reviews" and ignore one-tap "ratings".
Note: We only analyze "reviews" and ignore one-tap "ratings".
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Warn Overall Grade
FAIL Deleted Reviews
FAIL Unverified Purchases
FAIL Incentivized Reviews
FAIL Suspicious Reviewers
FAIL Phrase Repetition
FAIL Reviewer Participation
WARN Word Count Comparison
PASS Rating Trend
PASS Overlapping Review History
PASS Reviewer Ease
PASS Brand Repeats
Most Trusted Reviews
WHEN I PICKED UP THE PADS THE URINE HAD SOAKED ... [Go to full review]
Jun 26, 2018
100%
TRUST
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Take-Back Reviewer (3 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 2.7)
- Overlapping Review History: reviewed 2 of 9 top products
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.1)
Least Trusted Reviews
These pads are thin and not very absorbent. Not a ... [Go to full review]
Aug 12, 2017
0%
TRUST
TRUST
- Unverified Purchaser
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Take-Back Reviewer (1 deleted Review; avg. rating: 2.0)
- Overrepresented Participation (posted 11 Reviews)
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 3.6)
Analysis Details
Fail Deleted Reviews
We discovered a total of 57 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.
Fail Unverified Purchases
72 of the 609 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. The unverified purchasers have rated this product an average of 3.8 while the verified purchasers have rated this product an average of 3.4. 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.
Fail Incentivized Reviews
On Oct 3, 2016, Amazon prohibited incentivized reviews, however we still test for them since there are still millions in our dataset.
9 of the 609 total reviews for this product admitted to receiving a free or discounted product in exchange for a review. Incentivized reviews have rated this product an average of 4.6 while reviews that were not incentivized rated this product an average of 3.4. 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.
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
Fail Suspicious Reviewers
One-Hit Wonders
67 of the 609 reviewers have only reviewed this product. The One-Hit Wonders have rated this product an average of 2.8 while the reviewers who have posted more than one review have rated this product an average of 3.5. 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.
Take-Back Reviewers
237 of the 609 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 3.7 while the reviewers who don't have any deleted reviews in their history have rated this product an average of 3.3. 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.
Fail 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:
29 reviews
(2.9/5)
(2.9/5)
Common Phrases in Titles:
5 reviews
(1.2/5)
(1.2/5)
15 reviews
(4.0/5)
(4.0/5)
7 reviews
(1.1/5)
(1.1/5)
15 of the 609 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 2.1 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases rated this product an average of 3.5. 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.
Fail Reviewer Participation
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- 54%
- 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 330 reviewers (or 54%) are within an overrepresented participation group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 3.1, while all other reviews have rated this product an average of 3.8. 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 Word Count Comparison
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- 32%
- Have an overrepresented word count
In the graph above, we can see the distribution of review word counts for this product and the expected distribution for this category. We see the following 1 group with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 194 reviews (or 32%) are within an overrepresented word count group. While this is more reviews from overrepresented word count groups than we'd expect to see, the discrepancy in ratings between reviews with overrepresented word groups and all other reviews isn’t significant enough to rule out the possibility of it being due to random chance.
Pass Rating Trend
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- 0%
- Created on high-volume days
We counted 609 reviews for this product over the span of 3,374 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. We didn't find any days exceeding this threshold.
Read more about our Rating Trend test.
Read more about our Rating Trend test.
Pass Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
3% also reviewed:
Hartz Home Protection Odor Eliminating Scented... by Hartz
2% also reviewed:
Honey Care All-Absorb, X-Large 28" x... by All-Absorb
2% also reviewed:
Wee Puppy Pee Pads for Dogs | 150Count | Puppy... by Four Paws
2% also reviewed:
OPI Nail Lacquer, I Just Can't... by OPI
2% also reviewed:
American Kennel Club Pet Training and Puppy Pads,... by
90 of the 609 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 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 4.1, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3.
4.1 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
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Pass Brand Repeats
Brand Repeaters
41 of the 609 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.