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Primary Grading Criteria

Each review is subjected to seven questions that are assigned a point score (1-10), as related to the review material. The score for each question is then applied to a special formula that determines the final primary grading score.

The Scale

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Horrible, Garbage Bad, but better than #1 Poor Neutral Barely Positive Pretty Dang Good Excellent Awesome!

The Questions -- Videos
  1. Instructors demonstrated skill level (idsl):
  2. Ease of comprehension (how easy is it to understand?) (eoc):
  3. Organization (did they jump around, or did they solve each problem completely before moving on?) (org):
  4. Level of applicability within stated goals/confines (la):
  5. Use of time (too much repetition, meaningless highlights, etc. high is good, low is bad) (uot):
  6. Did you want to watch it again (immediately) (wia):
  7. Can you recommend this product? (rtp):

The Formula -- Videos

Final score=(idsl + (eoc*3) + (org*3) + (la *3) + (uot*3) + (wai*2) + (rtp*5))/2


The Questions -- Books

  1. Instructors demonstrated Knowledge (idk):
  2. Ease of comprehension (how easy is it to understand?) (eoc):
  3. Organization (did they jump around, or did they solve each problem completely before moving on?) (org):
  4. Level of applicability within stated goals/confines (la):
  5. Use of space (Formating makes it easier to understand the content, etc. high is good, low is bad) (uos):
  6. 6. Did you want to read it again (immediately) (ria):
  7. Can you recommend this product? (rtp):

The Formula -- Books

Final score=(idk + (eoc*3) + (org*3) + (la *3) + (uos*3) + (ria*2) + (rtp*5))/2

Any final score that ends in a decimal will be rounded to the nearest whole number.

  • 1.1 will be rounded to 1.0
  • 1.4 will be rounded to 1.0
  • 1.5 will be rounded to 2.0
  • 1.9 will be rounded to 2.0