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Kong Squeezz Ball Dog Toy
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Note: While Amazon.com claims 9,166 Ratings, we counted 7,049 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 Rating Trend
FAIL Suspicious Reviewers
FAIL Phrase Repetition
FAIL Overlapping Review History
WARN Deleted Reviews
WARN Brand Repeats
PASS Unverified Purchases
PASS Word Count Comparison
PASS Reviewer Participation
PASS Reviewer Ease
PASS Incentivized Reviews
Most Trusted Reviews
Oct 29, 2017
100%
TRUST
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Take-Back Reviewer (4 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 5.0)
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 5.0)
Least Trusted Reviews
Dog loves this toy. Sturdy, well made. Lots of fun. [Go to full review]
Dec 27, 2016
0%
TRUST
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Created on a high volume day
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Overlapping Review History: reviewed 1 of 9 top products
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.2)
Analysis Details
Fail Rating Trend
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- 12%
- Created over 80 days
We counted 7,049 reviews for this product over the span of 3,372 days, an average of 2.1 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 8 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 80 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 838 reviews were created on just 80 days. The reviews on these high volume days have rated this product an average of 4.1 while reviews from other days 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 Suspicious Reviewers
One-Hit Wonders
105 of the 7,049 reviewers have only reviewed this product. The One-Hit Wonders have rated this product an average of 2.6 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
51 of the 7,049 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. The Never-Verified Reviewers have rated this product an average of 3.1 while the reviewers who have written at least one verified purchase review 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.
Take-Back Reviewers
3,327 of the 7,049 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 3.7. 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:
98 reviews
(4.9/5)
(4.9/5)
Common Phrases in Titles:
196 reviews
(4.7/5)
(4.7/5)
102 of the 7,049 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.9 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases 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.
Fail Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
2% also reviewed:
Benebone Real Bacon Durable Wishbone Dog Chew Toy... by Benebone
2% also reviewed:
Nylabone Classic Power Chew Flavored Durable Dog... by Nylabone
1% also reviewed:
Outward Hound Hide A Rainbow Plush Dog Toy Puzzle by Outward Hound
1% also reviewed:
The Original Elevated Pet Bed by Coolaroo by Coolaroo
1% also reviewed:
Chuckit! Ultra Ball Dog Toy, Medium (2.5 Inch... by Chuckit!
1% also reviewed:
Petmate Crackle Heads Crackle Ball Crunchy Noise... by JW
1% also reviewed:
Echo Dot (2nd Generation) - Smart speaker with... by Amazon
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983 of the 7,049 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
We discovered a total of 216 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 4.3. 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.
Warn Brand Repeats
Brand Repeaters
2,619 of the 7,049 reviewers have reviewed other products for this brand. While this is more Brand Repeaters than we'd expect to see, the discrepancy in ratings between the Brand Repeaters and non-repeaters isn't significant enough to rule out the possibility of it being due to random chance.
Pass Unverified Purchases
626 of the 7,049 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 Word Count Comparison
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- 0%
- Have an overrepresented word count
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.
Pass Reviewer Participation
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- 28%
- 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 1952 reviewers (or 28%) are within an overrepresented participation group. 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
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
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.