XF 1.5 How is "Star Rating" calculated ?

[erich37]

Looking at the Rating-Filter for the "Star Ratings" in the RM, I see this URL saying "weighted".

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/?order=rating_weighted



I am wondering how this "weighted" is calculated from a mathematical and statistical perspective ?

Considering this:

http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html

http://www.evanmiller.org/ranking-items-with-star-ratings.html

 

[Paul B]

It uses the Bayesian average algorithm.