beeface
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Firstly, my apologies for yet another thread that's just about someone on YouTube espousing an opinion about a subject that's ASR-adjacent. I'm sure a lot of people are sick of these videos, but I am curious to hear what others think.
Anyway, here's the video:
tl;dw - reviewers shouldn't measure before they perform subjective evaluation because the measurements are a source of "bias".
Here's the video that preceded it in the series:
tl;dw - measurements are good: they keep manufacturers honest and anti-measurement reviewers are ignorant.
Here's my take:
Measuring a device before subjective evaluation helps the reviewer provide an informed opinion on the product.
If we assume that measurements are indeed a source of bias, then surely it's a very innocuous guise of bias. There are other external factors that influence reviewers that are in my opinion significantly worse, such as fear of pissing off an advertiser with a negative product review.
Anyway, here's the video:
tl;dw - reviewers shouldn't measure before they perform subjective evaluation because the measurements are a source of "bias".
Here's the video that preceded it in the series:
tl;dw - measurements are good: they keep manufacturers honest and anti-measurement reviewers are ignorant.
Here's my take:
Measuring a device before subjective evaluation helps the reviewer provide an informed opinion on the product.
If we assume that measurements are indeed a source of bias, then surely it's a very innocuous guise of bias. There are other external factors that influence reviewers that are in my opinion significantly worse, such as fear of pissing off an advertiser with a negative product review.
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