Research suggests ratings have become as crucial to purchasing decisions as factors like price, brand reputation or ...

Star ratings are simple, but they have an immense effect. They increase social proof, boost word-of-mouth marketing, and improve the results of paid ads. And, most important, they influence purchases.

A new study published in the scientific journal Nature finally offers proof that these star ratings are trash—and suggests that gig workers could get a better shot at fair work with a straightfo ...

What is the star rating? The Morningstar Rating for funds, often called the star rating, is a purely quantitative, backward-looking measure of a fund’s past performance, measured from one to ...

Some 92% of consumers say the average star rating on an online store for a mobile app influences their decision to download, according to a recent report from Apptentive. Moreover, 59% of consumers ...

Federal officials say the star ratings are a valuable consumer tool ... A higher percentage in this category is better. The national average for all reporting hospitals was 51 percent.