Quote: Ruth F, Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 15:10Here I am sticking my newbie credentials out from under the bushel again - but I am confused by the new charts. How come we lost 5 or 6 books from the top ten but the number 11 and 12 (and possibly lots of others but I can only remember what was a 11 & 12) didn't move up? How is it that some of the new Top Ten seem to have 'leapfrogged'.
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Well, Ruth, here is how they DON'T work.
Fed up with editing my own work, reviewing that of others etc. I thought I would work it all out.
I have two books on YWO, 'The 16th Song' and 'Sha'Di' and the Eagle' One adult, the other for 11-15 year age group.
So,I thought, let us analyse the results, not in relation to others but just 'by themselves', for after all other ratings, particularly in relation to the 'Top Ten' are affected by their relationship to others, and those I cannot judge.
I made up a spread sheet and entered my ratings, thus:
The 16th Song
Characters 0 0 0 9 9
Story 0 0 6 7 5
Pace 0 2 6 4 6
Language 0 0 5 8 5
Narrative 0 0 5 8 5
Dialogue 0 1 2 7 8
Settings 0 0 2 10 6
Themes 0 0 4 9 5
Total 0 3 30 62 49 720
6 90 248 245 589 81.805%
As a % of % Stars 4.090278
Actual 3.9
Sha'Di and the Eagle
Characters 0 0 0 4 5
Story 0 0 2 4 5
Pace 0 0 2 4 3
Language 0 0 2 4 3
Narrative 0 0 1 2 6
Dialogue 0 0 3 4 2
Settings 0 0 0 6 3
Themes 0 0 0 6 5
Total 0 0 10 34 32 360 Max poss
0 30 136 160 326 90.55555556%
As a % of 5 stars 4.552778 Actual Rating 4
I got the actual rating by clicking in the image of the stars and then on 'View Information'
Anyway, the long and short of it is that it doesn't seem to work that way.
Anyone else got a better idea?
P.S Having 'previewed' this post I see that all my careful spacing has come to naught. Sorry.
Does Anyone Understand how the Charts Work?
03 Sep 2010, 13:03
