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Word For A Review w/o A "Score"
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Probably a really stupid question for the writers out there (and the Help section in general), but I'm at a loss in my Google search. I am basically looking for the word to describe the philosophy surrounding a "review" or "grade" for something that doesn't have an "order" to it. As an example: Eurogamer doesn't give out review "scores" but instead tasks you with judging the value of a game based on the content of the review itself (and not a summary score); IGN and Gamespot are obviously on the other end of that. What is the word you would use to describe Eurogamers approach to game reviews? Preferably one word. I'm certain I've heard this word used before (likely in relation to school grades) but just can't summon it from memory.
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If I had to use a word, then review would probably be what I use.
You can also add adjectives to the start, so an 'experiential review' could be something that might work, but that's wordy and confusing for many people.
To give more context, we are reviewing products under a number of metrics, and instead of saying Product X score successfully on Y out of Z metrics, we want to approach the whole of something where a "score" (Y out of Z for this example) might detract from that meaning. I want a word that describes that philosophy to the review/scoring process.
. . .if this doesn't make sense, that's fine, as I'm not entirely sure it makes sense to me.
Rock me Amadeus, I think that does it. I was thinking "holistic" but was seeing all this stuff related to medicine and figured there was a word for non-medicine. Googling "holistic review" is exactly what I want to convey.
Thanks.
Criteria: a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.
Rubric: Rubric commonly refers to a set of guidelines or a protocol for how something will or should be done, like how an assignment will be graded.
"Review" doesn't imply a score or a ranking in my opinion.
Just a qualitative good or bad.
I went with "We will take a holistic approach to measuring equity, etc. etc." which everyone seemed to understand (which helped get folks to agree with this review approach). But "qualitative" would have worked as well I think.
Thanks again everyone for your suggestions, was a real brain stumper.
If you were to rate films, then that's definitely implying a score, but review doesn't.