Getting a 3 out of 5 stars is a lot better than a 6 out of 10. amirite?

The greater the division/increments, the easier it is to perceive the distance from 100% 3/5 = Not great but not awful 6/10 = only slightly above 5 180/300 = so far off

by Anonymous 4 months ago

you explained it better than i could!

by logan18 4 months ago

It definitely plays a mind trick

by Civil-Lifeguard 4 months ago

Only if your mind goes toward the "Is this rating more, or less, than a typical 'Fair To Middlin'? score". Cause for some people, 6 out of 10 is greater than 'half', but 3 out of 5 is visually right in the middle of 'half', so... ;)

by trantowhellen 4 months ago

No I get it. Because if you want to rate an experience around a bit better than average, 4/5 is too much, so 3/5 is the perfect choice on a 5 scale. Now with 10, you could go with 7/10, but if you gl with 6/10 it is a concious choice that you're not adding that extra star. I am an Algebra tutor and completely understand 6/10 = 3/5 but there's some sort of psychology at work here.

by logan18 4 months ago

When more choices are available to express approval, and the same level of approval is given, it can feel worse to know that you missed more opportunities for a better rating If I can rationalize not getting a 4/5 but feel as though I could have gotten a 7/10, it will feel worse to receive a 6/10 than a 3/5

by Dramatic-Mountain-39 4 months ago

3/5 is like getting a D-. 6/10 is like getting a D- twice in a row.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

His math is sound

by Objective_Hat 4 months ago

NONSENSE, 6 out of 10 has a larger sample base.

by Training-Lecture8281 4 months ago

I agree. People tend to decrease a star for each annoyance. So 3/5 is similar to 8/10 when reviewing products. That said, there is also an issue that 0 stars is not an option. So they all seem arbitrarily higher when you keep in mind 3 stars on a 5-star scale with no 0 is the same as 2/4.

by FunNefariousness 4 months ago

Only if you can't do basic math.

by Velmaullrich 4 months ago

Stars are not a quantitative measure and so basic math doesn't work on them. This is actually a big issue that statisticians and pollsters have to deal with. Four stars is not twice as good as two stars. You have to use qualitative analysis instead, which is far more nuanced and is more reliant on comparisons from a baseline than anything objective.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I mean... If you gave a 3 out of 5 stars, that's actually the middle-est grade you can. On a scale of 0 to 1, it's a 0,5 On a scale of 1 to 5, it's 3 On a scale of 1 to 10 it's a 5 So no, not in stars, not in grades, not in anything, 3 out of 5 is never better than 6 out of 10. It's directly equivalent to 5 out of 10.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Wouldn't it be 5.5 of 10?

by friesenbrant 4 months ago

Even in his examples he's running into the hard limits of trying to treat qualitative responses as quantitative elements.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

It's exactly the same though

by Anonymous 4 months ago

It's not. You're making the mistake of thinking that stars are a quantitative measurement when they aren't.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Not in our minds

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Is it though?

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Yes

by Radiant_Pangolin_238 4 months ago

Proof /s

by Rude-Maintenance 4 months ago

Just have faith. That's all you need to believe.

by Radiant_Pangolin_238 4 months ago

Fully disagree. Regardless, it's 60%, but taking that away, I much prefer to see a 6/10 over a 3/5. I hate 5 star systems. It only tells you if something is bad, middled, or good. A 6/10 tells me that it's a bit better than average. A 3/5 feels more like a 50%. It's too cramped to get any solid rating. You have 1 and 2 as "bad" and 4 and 5 as "good" sticking 3 as the middle.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Yeah, because 3/5 looks a lot closer to 5/5, similarly to 8/10 and 10/10

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Guys i think he means that if there weren't any decimals allowed the 3 out of 5 stars could be closer to 4 stars

by Alternative-Art-3482 4 months ago

Only if your 2x table is tricky for you

by Anonymous 4 months ago

If people were basing their reviews on pure mathematics, a 6/10 should be better than a 3/5, as the average score on a scale of 1-10 would be 5.5, and an average score on a scale of 1-5 would be exactly 3 The scale would need to be 0-5 and 0-10 for 3/5 and 6/10 to actually be equal

by Inside_Stress442 4 months ago

I don't see the part where OP said 0 was not a valid value in the scale.

by Remarkable_Shape_405 4 months ago

OP just because you don't know how math works doesn't make that statement anywhere close to true!

by Fit_Guidance 4 months ago