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3M Littmann 5863 Classic III Stethoscope, Mirror Finish Chest Piece, Navy Blue Tube, Smoke Stem and...
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Note: While Amazon.com claims 7,783 Ratings, we counted 1,928 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".
Report Card
Fail Overall Grade
FAIL
Suspicious Reviewers

FAIL
Word Count Comparison

FAIL
Overlapping Review History

WARN
Reviewer Ease

WARN
Reviewer Participation

PASS
Rating Trend

PASS
Unverified Purchases

PASS
Phrase Repetition

PASS
Brand Repeats

PASS
Incentivized Reviews

PASS
Deleted Reviews

Most Trusted Reviews
This is the classic stethoscope, no bells or whistles easily ... [Go to full review]
Nov 20, 2019
79%
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TRUST
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Verified Purchaser
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Take-Back Reviewer (50 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 4.9)
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Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.8)
Least Trusted Reviews
Mega Like [Go to full review]
Nov 29, 2018
0%
TRUST
TRUST
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Verified Purchaser
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Overrepresented word count (2 words)
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Take-Back Reviewer (1 deleted Review; avg. rating: 5.0)
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Overrepresented Participation (posted 8 Reviews)
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Easy Grader (avg. rating: 5.0)
Analysis Details
Fail
Suspicious Reviewers

One-Hit Wonders
201 of the 1,928 reviewers have only reviewed this product. While this is more One-Hit Wonders than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
Never-Verified Reviewers
11 of the 1,928 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. The Never-Verified Reviewers have rated this product an average of 3.7 while the reviewers who have written at least one verified purchase review rated this product an average of 4.6. 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
420 of the 1,928 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 4.7 while the reviewers who don't have any deleted reviews in their history have rated this product an average of 4.6. 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.
Single-Day Reviewers
78 of the 1,928 reviewers have written multiple reviews but posted all of them on a single day. The Single-Day reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.9 while all other reviewers rated this product an average of 4.6. 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

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- 36%
- 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 697 reviews (or 36%) are within an overrepresented word count group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 4.9, while all other reviews have 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.
Fail
Overlapping Review History

Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
2% also reviewed:
Caseling Hard Case fits Stethoscope 3M Littmann... by caseling
1% also reviewed:
Santamedical Adult Deluxe Aneroid... by Santamedical
79 of the 1,928 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.9 while the reviewers who have a more unique product review history rated this product an average of 4.6. 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
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 4.4, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3. While this discrepancy is rather large, it is not quite large enough to rule out the possibility of it being due random chance.
4.4 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Warn
Reviewer Participation

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- 38%
- 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 723 reviewers (or 38%) 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
Rating Trend

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- 2%
- Created over 5 days
We counted 1,928 reviews for this product over the span of 2,166 days, an average of 0.9 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 5 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 5 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 31 reviews were created on just 5 days. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Pass
Unverified Purchases

62 of the 1,928 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.
Pass
Phrase Repetition

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- 0%
- Used substantial repetitive phrases
0 of the 1,928 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.
Read more about our Phrase Repetition test.
Read more about our Phrase Repetition test.
Pass
Brand Repeats

Brand Repeaters
83 of the 1,928 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

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

- 0
- 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.