Quoted from mof:To learn more about Likert scales: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likert_scale
Just so there is no confusion, there is nothing remotely Likert about the rating system on Pinside. Likert scales require a relative change in the level of "agreement" (or other measured response) that coincides with a change in the numerical scale (i.e. an interval scale). There is no such presumption or even structure set up in the Pinside ratings, which are simply an "arbitrary" numerical assignment by the rater.
There is also no real problem with the current form of the ratings (numerically speaking) as long as everyone rates every game or at least a relative proportion of "high raters" and "low raters" rate each game. Of course, neither of these are likely.
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