What is the weighting on determining how positive the rating?
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| TxtEdMacs Apr 27, 2005 10:48 AM EDT |
I can understand where you could give On-Topic a lower rating than Contents or how reliable the source, But with a priori rating of 66.7% negative, given equal weighting on each, how does that drop to a full 100% negative? See vote on "Open wallets for open-source software". I have seen other instances where I was confused by the final percentage ranking, though those usually involved at least one abstention, which is harder to assess the probable weight given, if any. |
| TxtEdMacs May 24, 2005 9:10 AM EDT |
Still confused: Content: I like this thread. Negative On-Topic: I like this thread. Positive Good source: I like this thread. Positive Content: I like this thread. Abstained On-Topic: I like this thread. Positive Good source: I like this thread. Positive for: Sun lashes out at open source J2SE Score: [bar] (2 votes; 100% positive) By eye and giving an a priori equal weight on each item, I would rank this at 80%. Since "Content" should be important, even throwing in the possibility of weighting, I cannot see how this could exceed 80%. |
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