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Popularity distance between restaurant's location and a person's hometown biases ratings

Popularity distance between restaurant's location and a person's hometown biases ratings

Post Online Media, February 10, 2020

Product reviews and ratings have a strong impact on consumer consideration. In restaurant reviews, new research upcoming in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research shows that location bias, based on the popularity difference between the reviewer's hometown and the distance to their destination, can affect a reviewers online rating by as much as 11%.

 

New Research Finds Popularity Distance Between a Visited Restaurant’s Location and a Person’s Hometown Biases their Online Rating up to 11%

New Research Finds Popularity Distance Between a Visited Restaurant’s Location and a Person’s Hometown Biases their Online Rating up to 11%

News Release, February 6, 2020

CATONSVILLE, MD, February 6, 2020 – Product reviews and ratings have a strong impact on consumer consideration. In restaurant reviews, new research in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research shows that location bias, based on the popularity difference between the reviewer’s hometown and the distance to their destination, can affect a reviewers online rating by as much as 11%. 

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