Tag: Duncan J. Watts

Random Effects of Ratings on eBook Sales. What’s luck got to do with it?

Well… the answer may well be: a lot! This fact emerged from experiments carried out by sociologists Duncan J. Watts, Mathew Sagalnik and Peter Dodds which Watts described in his 2011 book, โ€œEverything is Obvious* (*Once You Know the Answer)โ€. Their work focuses on online markets. This post of mine is based on Robert H. […]