A Bayesian Way of Choosing a Restaurant

Recently I was looking for a new good restaurant. Google Maps highlighted me 2 options: restaurant A with 10 reviews all 5 stars and restaurant B with 200 reviews and average rating 4. I tempted to choose restaurant A but the low number of reviews concerned me. On the other hand, many reviews of restaurant B gave me confidence of its 4 star rating, but promised nothing excellent. So, I wanted to compare the restaurants and choose the best discounting …

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