Rating

A rating is an evaluation or assessment of something, in terms of quality, quantity, or some combination of both.

Rating or ratings may also refer to:

Business and economics

Entertainment

  • Arbitron ratings or Nielsen Audio, consumer research on radio broadcasting audiences in the United States
  • Content rating, the suitability of a TV broadcast, movie, comic book, or video game to its audience
    • Motion picture rating system, categorizes films according to their suitability for adults and children
    • Television content rating systems, categorizes TV shows based on suitability for audiences
    • Video game content rating system, categorizes video games based on suitability for players
  • Nielsen ratings, measuring viewership of United States television programs
  • Sports rating system, analyzes the results of sports competitions

Polling and opinion

Technology and engineering

  • Rating (electrical), the voltage at which the appliance is designed to work
  • Fire-resistance rating, the duration for a passive fire protection to withstand a standard fire resistance test
  • Cetane rating, an indicator of the combustion speed of diesel fuel and compression needed for ignition
  • Octane rating, a standard measure of the performance of an engine or aviation fuel
  • Performance Rating, formerly a method of comparing x86 computer processors
  • Power rating, in electrical or mechanical engineering, the highest power input allowed to flow through particular equipment

Other uses

  • Rating (chess), estimate of the strength of a player, based on performance versus other players
  • Rating (clinical trials), the process by which a human evaluator subjectively judges the response of a patient to a medical treatment
  • Rating (wine), score assigned by one or more wine critics to a wine
  • Rating site, a website designed for users to vote on or rate people or content
  • Naval rating, a junior enlisted member of a navy
  • Health care ratings, evaluations of health care

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Rating
  • All pages with titles containing Rating
  • Rate (disambiguation)
  • Television ratings (disambiguation)
  • Grade (education), standardized measurements of varying levels of achievement
  • Star (classification), symbols often used for ratings
  • Likert scale, a psychometric scale commonly involved in research
  • Parental Advisory, a warning label placed on audio recordings in recognition of excessive profanities or inappropriate references
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