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Author:  JWFriendlyLA [ Sat Feb 21, 2004 9:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Calculation Error of Ratings/Rank
To be fair, I'm curious how the ratings are calculated? Either there's something wrong with my math (which is very possible) or the webmaster's vote counts more than regular votes.. or something isn't making sense to me when I do the math :?:

This is the data from Top Ranked Songs as it appears currently @ 9:42pm Pacific 2/21/04

1st
what i need / country / sidekick 10
overall rank: 10
total votes: 4
10
9
9 - webmaster's vote
10

2nd
welcome to the jungle / rock / dumbdrums / 10
overall rank: 10
total votes: 13
10
10
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
9 - webmaster's vote
9
10

3rd
searching my soul / pop / jwfriendlyla / 10
overall rank: 10
total votes: 8
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

Could someone explain? Also is it possible to convert the overall rank to:
X.X format? For instance: 10, 9, 9, 8, 10 = 9.2
I feel it would help with the confusion to change this throughout the showcase.

Thanks,
JW |;>
Author:  Phill Cross [ Sat Feb 21, 2004 10:01 pm ]
Post subject: 
JW - Good point.

No my points count no more that anyone elses.

The way this works is the numbers are rounded to the next whole number and for some reason the dang script is giving me trouble. It should still calculate 9.2, 9.76, and 10 and know which is higher. Stupid computer... (of course, we all know, that its the man behind the keyboard who's at fault.) :) Let me look into this more.

I'll keep you posted.

Phill
Author:  Phill Cross [ Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:25 am ]
Post subject: 
Okay I think I fixed that error...

The top ranked users page will slowly repair itself.

Spent the last 2 1/2 hours making the changes so that it would work better.

Now the settings will display to one decimal place. This should help.

If you have any other comments please let me know...

Phill
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