Quality of Research

An additional metric can be calculated by extrapolating on the Usefulness data point. Called Quality of Research Rating, this number indicates the overall quality of a given question’s research sources by calculating their total mean Usefulness. The Quality of Research Rating can give users a better idea about how accurately publishers are covering a given topic, as well as how good of a job their peers did at collecting research.

While Hypothesis intends to be transparent about as much of its technology as possible, the processes describing Quality of Research are currently under development and cannot be made public. Relevant stakeholders may contact [e-mail] for more information regarding Hypothesis algorithms.