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[Michael Vogt <mvo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 06:34:35PM +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> I have just posted a mini-specification for a "Top Rated" section on the
> USC home screen, and separately, a "Top Rated" section on most category
> screens. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#top-rated>
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> To avoid the problem where something with 2/2 5-star ratings would
> appear above something with 18/20 5-star ratings, I've specified an
> "expected lowest rating" for each item, based on Wilson score confidence
> intervals. <http://evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html>
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Thanks for doing this research and putting it into the spec! It should
be pretty straightforward to add a python version of it as a sort
method for our appstore treemodel.
 
Cheers,
 Michael