Overcoming the J-shaped distribution of product reviews

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 144-147

  Hu, Nan ^a   Zhang, Jie ^b   Pavlou, Paul A ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE PRODUCTS; PRODUCT PRICE; PRODUCT QUALITY; PRODUCT REVIEWS; REPORTING BIAS; SELF-SELECTION BIAS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL PROBLEMS;

STATISTICS;

EID: 70349678794     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1562764.1562800     Document Type: Review

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