Elo comes from chess, it was used to rank player skill against each other. You basically generate a score by comparing two at a time in head to head matchups.
It’s honestly not the best way to rank books (especially of different genres), but it was fun to goof around with for a bit!
That’s what wikipedia told me, and I cannot grasp how it can work with books. You always have to rank two books against each other, and two more, and two more…? Like a pop quiz?
Can someone give me the tl;dr for “ELO system” and how it applies to ranking books?
Elo comes from chess, it was used to rank player skill against each other. You basically generate a score by comparing two at a time in head to head matchups.
It’s honestly not the best way to rank books (especially of different genres), but it was fun to goof around with for a bit!
That’s what wikipedia told me, and I cannot grasp how it can work with books. You always have to rank two books against each other, and two more, and two more…? Like a pop quiz?
Pretty much, yep!