by dugman
mcloud357 wrote:
One, I only asked if it was Thematic Game on BBG I never stated or claimed that it is in fact the case. I asked this to produce discussion on the topic.
Two, there is big difference between qualitative and quantitative displays of information.
If you a display a number only based on average or averages, a statistic, and then rank that number you have produce quantitative data.
If you do the same thing again and display the same number, or a similar one, and place a new word in front of that number you change the connotation of that data and depending on the use of the word it can make that data appear qualitative instead of quantitative.
I know that most Thematic on the list is most fun or mostly likely to be played/favorite game. I just think it is poor representation of subcategory of, Thematic games, and the information is poorly displayed. If BBG wanted to rank it in such a way there are better ways to gather and display that data.
Lastly, I could troll or hate on you dugman, but I am not here for that. Just here to discuss the topic I posted about.
Two, there is big difference between qualitative and quantitative displays of information.
If you a display a number only based on average or averages, a statistic, and then rank that number you have produce quantitative data.
If you do the same thing again and display the same number, or a similar one, and place a new word in front of that number you change the connotation of that data and depending on the use of the word it can make that data appear qualitative instead of quantitative.
I know that most Thematic on the list is most fun or mostly likely to be played/favorite game. I just think it is poor representation of subcategory of, Thematic games, and the information is poorly displayed. If BBG wanted to rank it in such a way there are better ways to gather and display that data.
Lastly, I could troll or hate on you dugman, but I am not here for that. Just here to discuss the topic I posted about.
You are the one misreading the title to think it is trying to say something that it's not. There is no misrepresentation going on. Even you say that you totally understand what the rating means and are not confused by it, so who exactly is being confused by the way BGG is displaying the category rating? Nobody in the thread seems to be confused so far, you are arguing against a problem that doesn't seem to actually exist.
And I'm not hating on you either, despite you implying I'm a troll. I'm just saying you're trying to find a problem when there isn't one.
P.S. Merry Christmas!