Controversy (track) by Prince
Controversy appears on the following album(s) by Prince:
- Controversy (track #1) (this album) (1981)
- The Hits/The B-Sides (track #19) (compilation) (1993)
- Ultimate (track #3) (compilation) (2006)
- 4ever (track #13) (compilation) (2016)
- The Hits 2 (track #1) (compilation) (1993)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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100/100  | 06/14/2025 19:49 |  HoldenM | | 91/100 |
90/100 | 01/16/2025 09:02 |  flamingyesdept | | 84/100 |
90/100 | 12/13/2024 08:06 | LordMark | | 97/100 |
100/100 | 11/29/2024 21:33 | Siromynian | | 71/100 |
75/100 | 08/12/2024 01:55 | martintho | | 74/100 |
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Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.6/100, a mean average of 86.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.
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