Songs and their ratings.

**Frownland** · 06-25-2014, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Oddsox

No that's opinions. Like Beastie Boys being my favorite band is an opinion, but that doesnt mean that they should get an advantage on the ratings.

It would be biased if I knew a friend that was in a band, and I like their music and gave them a high rating just because they are my friend. I hope that explains it better.

An opinion is almost always inherently biased is what Ninetales and I are getting at.

YorkeDaddy · 06-25-2014, 01:35 PM

Mysterious Ways by U2 is objectively a 9.5/10 guys and that's an unbiased rating

I mean at least be honest with yourself and admit there's bias in the ratings

Oddsox · 06-25-2014, 01:45 PM

I could say that Mysterious Ways is a 9.5 and you could say that it is a 6. That's our opinions. If I was best friends with Bono and gave it a high rating just because he is my best friend instead of it being because of his music that would be bias.

Ninetales · 06-25-2014, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Oddsox

No that's opinions. Like Beastie Boys being my favorite band is an opinion, but that doesnt mean that they should get an advantage on the ratings.

It would be biased if I knew a friend that was in a band, and I like their music and gave them a high rating just because they are my friend. I hope that explains it better.

One of your friends is in the Beastie Boys??? Which one??

Loomer29 · 06-25-2014, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

One of your friends is in the Beastie Boys??? Which one??

I bet it's Ad-Rock.

Oddsox · 06-25-2014, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

One of your friends is in the Beastie Boys??? Which one??

No, I didn't say that, I was giving an example and nowhere did I say that I was friends with anybody in the Beastie Boys. And why would it be Adrock?

Oddsox · 06-25-2014, 01:56 PM

This might help:

1 : exhibiting or characterized by bias ; especially : prejudiced 2 : tending to yield one outcome more frequently than others in a statistical experiment <a biased coin> 3 : having an expected value different from the quantity or parameter estimated <a biased estimate>

Ninetales · 06-25-2014, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Oddsox

No, I didn't say that, I was giving an example and nowhere did I say that I was friends with anybody in the Beastie Boys. And why would it be Adrock?

see:

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Originally Posted by Frownland

An opinion is almost always inherently biased is what Ninetales and I are getting at.

All your ratings are biased.

bob. · 06-25-2014, 02:15 PM

I was gonna say that your opinion is in fact biased simply because you've heard these 900 songs before...thus you already have an opinion of them

~~hate paper doll~~ · 06-25-2014, 02:28 PM

Not to be a buzzkill or anything but it seems like OP means well and is trying to make an actual contribution to the place. Personal feelings on said contribution aside, can't we try to be a bit nicer to him? It's not as if he's trolling or posting links to his bandcamp.

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06-25-2014, 01:45 PM	#13 (permalink)
Oddsox Groupie Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Over there Posts: 18	I could say that Mysterious Ways is a 9.5 and you could say that it is a 6. That's our opinions. If I was best friends with Bono and gave it a high rating just because he is my best friend instead of it being because of his music that would be bias.

06-25-2014, 01:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
Oddsox Groupie Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Over there Posts: 18	This might help: 1 : exhibiting or characterized by bias ; especially : prejudiced 2 : tending to yield one outcome more frequently than others in a statistical experiment <a biased coin> 3 : having an expected value different from the quantity or parameter estimated <a biased estimate>

06-25-2014, 02:28 PM	#20 (permalink)
~~hate paper doll~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 423	Not to be a buzzkill or anything but it seems like OP means well and is trying to make an actual contribution to the place. Personal feelings on said contribution aside, can't we try to be a bit nicer to him? It's not as if he's trolling or posting links to his bandcamp.