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Roku 3500R Streaming Stick (HDMI)
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Our algorithm has detected a large amount of suspicious negative reviews. Learn more about Review Brigades.
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Word Count ComparisonFAIL Phrase Repetition
Phrase RepetitionFAIL Overlapping Review History
Overlapping Review HistoryWARN Deleted Reviews
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Works as well as my Roku box. Easy to set ... [Go to full review]
Jan 25, 2018
100%
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Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.6)
Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.0)
Least Trusted Reviews
The Roku Streaming Stick is the best, the best I ... [Go to full review]
Nov 24, 2014
0%
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Easy Grader (avg. rating: 5.0)
Analysis Details
Fail Unverified Purchases
Unverified Purchases
697 of the 8,724 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. The unverified purchasers have rated this product an average of 2.9 while the verified purchasers 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.
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 Suspicious Reviewers
Suspicious Reviewers
Never-Verified Reviewers
126 of the 8,724 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. The Never-Verified Reviewers have rated this product an average of 2.7 while the reviewers who have written at least one verified purchase review 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.
Take-Back Reviewers
1,442 of the 8,724 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 4.1 while the reviewers who don't have any deleted reviews in their history 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.
Fail Word Count Comparison
Word Count Comparison
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- 19%
- 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 1,683 reviews (or 19%) are within an overrepresented word count group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 4.1, 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.
Fail Phrase Repetition
Phrase Repetition
Reviews that contain one of these phrases are NOT necessarily devalued; read more about how this test works here.
199 of the 8,724 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.3 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases 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.
Fail Overlapping Review History
Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
3% also reviewed:
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2% also reviewed:
Chapter Seven: Lost Boys by Alex Zakrzewski
1% also reviewed:
The Man In The High Castle - Season 1 (4K UHD) by Alexa Davalos
1% also reviewed:
Amazon Prime Video by Amazon.com
1% also reviewed:
AmazonBasics Lightning to USB A Cable, Apple MFi... by AmazonBasics
1,170 of the 8,724 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.1 while the reviewers who have a more unique product review history 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 Deleted Reviews
Deleted Reviews
We discovered a total of 244 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 4.2. 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.
4.2 average rating of deleted reviews
Warn Rating Trend
Rating Trend
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- 22%
- Created over 103 days
We counted 8,724 reviews for this product over the span of 1,706 days, an average of 5.1 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 14 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 103 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 1,897 reviews were created on just 103 days. This is an excessively high number of reviews submitted on these high volume days.
Warn Reviewer Participation
Reviewer Participation
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- 31%
- 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 2705 reviewers (or 31%) are within an overrepresented participation group. While this is more reviews from overrepresented participation groups than we'd expect to see, these reviews do not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
Pass Reviewer Ease
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, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.1.
4.0 Product's Average Ease Score
4.1 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Pass Brand Repeats
Brand Repeats
Brand Repeaters
705 of the 8,724 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
Incentivized Reviews
On Oct 3, 2016, Amazon prohibited incentivized reviews, however we still test for them since there are still millions in our dataset.
2 of the 8,724 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.