in the garage...how does the rating system actually work...

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Martin F
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in the garage...how does the rating system actually work...

Post by Martin F »

it gives you the opportunity to give someones car a rating out of ten....ok, I've been bad and vote 10 because i luv the two...
if it says vehicle not been rated yet and i give it a 10 then it goes to 7.75 out of 10 rating...

same as if its rating is 7.78 and i give it a 10...it goes down....


so I'm asking on what basis does this system work because the only assumption i can come to is an unfair one that defeats the purpose of being able to rate a car....


please explain :?
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Post by Speedy »

I'm sure this has been asked before, but the Garage rating uses a Bayesian averaging method, not just the total amount of votes divided by the number of people voting. This can lead to what looks like wierd results for small sample sets, but it should prevent a single person adding a 0 or a 10 from skewing the results too much.
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Re: in the garage...how does the rating system actually work...

Post by LimeyMk1 »

Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics. :wink: :lol:

T'was me that asked about it before Alex.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_average
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Oh, and btw, it was Esmonds idea, since it's his mod.. :tongue:
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