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

• Credit rating, estimating the credit worthiness of an individual, corporation or country
• Ranally city rating system, a tool used to classify U.S. cities based on economic function
• Telecommunications rating, the calculated cost of a phone call

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

• Sociological group "RATING", a Ukrainian non-governmental polling organization
• United States presidential approval rating, the percentage of respondents to an opinion poll who approve of a president
• Reputation system, programs that allow users to rate each other in online communities

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
  • Elo rating system, a rating system used in chess and in other sports and games
• 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