Internet giant Amazon has attracted criticism in recent years for the minimal tax it pays on a business worth billions a year. All above board, it goes without saying. Now, while browsing for awnings on amazon.co.uk’s page, Alan Wells has stumbled on the company employing non-conventional mathematics in a different context.
“Looking at the reviews, I saw that it had been given a mean score of 3.1 out of 5 from two reviews, which on further examination resulted from one review of 5 stars and one review of 1 star,” he writes. To help explain matters, a bar chart was also provided,…
