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Last Updated: Jun 29, 2017
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Unverified Purchases
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Suspicious Reviewers
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Phrase Repetition
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Reviewer Participation
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Rating Trend
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Word Count Comparison
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Overlapping Review History
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Reviewer Ease
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Brand Repeats
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Incentivized Reviews
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Deleted Reviews
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Most Trusted Reviews
Love O'Rourke and his great science of irreverent story telling.This ... [Go to full review]
Nov 11, 2012
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Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.5)
Least Trusted Reviews
I thought this would be fun. Boy, was I wrong! ... [Go to full review]
Dec 16, 2010
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Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 1.0)
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Unverified Purchases
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26 of the 57 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. The unverified purchasers have rated this product an average of 3.2 while the verified purchasers have rated this product an average of 4.3. 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.
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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Suspicious Reviewers
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One-Hit Wonders
4 of the 57 reviewers have only reviewed this product. The One-Hit Wonders have rated this product an average of 2.5 while the reviewers who have posted more than one review have rated this product an average of 3.9. 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.
Never-Verified Reviewers
8 of the 57 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. The Never-Verified Reviewers have rated this product an average of 2.5 while the reviewers who have written at least one verified purchase review rated this product an average of 4.0. 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
8 of the 57 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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Phrase Repetition
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Reviews that contain one of these phrases are NOT necessarily devalued; read more about how this test works here.
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Common Phrases in Titles:
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5 of the 57 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. This is an excessively large percentage which may indicate unnatural reviews.
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Reviewer Participation
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- 53%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We see the following 1 participation group with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 30 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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Rating Trend
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- 4%
- Created over 1 day
We counted 57 reviews for this product over the span of 2,925 days, an average of 0.0 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 1 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 1 day exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 2 reviews were created on just 1 day. 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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Word Count Comparison
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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.
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Overlapping Review History
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Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
11% also reviewed:
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11% also reviewed:
Hell's Corner (Camel Club Series) by Baldacci, David/ McLarty, Ron (NRT)/ Cassidy, Orlagh (NRT)
11% also reviewed:
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
9% also reviewed:
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 2) by Amulet Books
9% also reviewed:
Dan Poynter's Self-Publishing Manual: How to... by Dan Poynter
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The Game by Neil Strauss
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6 of the 57 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
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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, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3.
4.0 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
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Brand Repeats
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Brand Repeaters
3 of the 57 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.
Pass
Incentivized Reviews
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On Oct 3, 2016, Amazon prohibited incentivized reviews, however we still test for them since there are still millions in our dataset.
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- 0%
- Admitted to receiving an incentive
We didn't detect any reviews that used language indicating they were incentivized.
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
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
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- 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.