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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• 52%
• Admitted to receiving an incentive

377 of the 725 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 4.4. 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.

Take-Back Reviewers

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• 80%
• have previously deleted reviews

583 of the 725 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.

Read more about our Suspicious Reviewers test.

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 4.5, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.4. 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.

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• 23%
• 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:

• 101-200 words: 22.9% (Avg. rating: 4.7)

In total, we found that 166 reviews (or 23%) are within an overrepresented word count group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 4.7, while all other reviews have rated this product an average of 4.5. 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.

Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.

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• 17%
• Used substantial repetitive phrases

120 of the 725 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.7 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases rated this product an average of 4.5. 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.

Read more about our Phrase Repetition test.

• 35
• Reviews have been deleted

We discovered a total of 35 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 4.8. 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:

1. 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.
2. We have no information on reviews that were never published in the first place.
3. 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.

Read more about our Deleted Reviews test.

Show distribution of deleted reviews

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• 60%
• Created over 20 days

We counted 725 reviews for this product over the span of 505 days, an average of 1.4 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 7 or fewer reviews on any given day.

However, we see the following 20 days exceeding this threshold:

• 45 Reviews on Jan 5, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.7)
• 43 Reviews on Jan 4, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.6)
• 39 Reviews on Jan 7, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.5)
• 33 Reviews on Jan 6, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.5)
• 30 Reviews on Jan 1, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.4)
• 30 Reviews on Dec 30, 2015 (Avg. rating: 4.4)
• 25 Reviews on Dec 31, 2015 (Avg. rating: 4.6)
• 24 Reviews on Jan 3, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.6)
• 24 Reviews on Jan 2, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.5)
• 20 Reviews on Dec 29, 2015 (Avg. rating: 4.3)
• 18 Reviews on Jan 9, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.2)
• 16 Reviews on Jan 13, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.7)
• 14 Reviews on Jan 8, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.7)
• 13 Reviews on Jan 11, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.9)
• 13 Reviews on Jan 10, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.2)
• 11 Reviews on Jan 17, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.6)
• 11 Reviews on Jan 21, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.5)
• 10 Reviews on Jan 14, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.9)
• 8 Reviews on Jan 12, 2016 (Avg. rating: 5.0)
• 8 Reviews on Jan 20, 2016 (Avg. rating: 4.8)
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In total, we found that 435 reviews were created on just 20 days. This is an excessively high number of reviews submitted on these high volume days.

Read more about our Rating Trend test.

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• 3%
• Unverified Purchases

25 of the 725 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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• 48%
• Substantial overlapping review history

350 of the 725 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.

Read more about our Overlapping Review History test.

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• 0%
• From reviewers with an overrepresented participation

We didn't find any participation groups that had a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see in this category.
Read more about our Reviewer Participation test.

Brand Repeaters

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• 6%
• Reviewed other products from this brand

40 of the 725 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.

Read more about our Brand Repeats test.