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Parents Agree With ESRB Ratings

Posted by Zonk on from the not-morons dept.

Gamespot reports that a study funded by the ESRB found that parents generally agree with the ESRB's ratings. From the article: "The study was conducted over 11 days in October, and included more than 400 parents. Each participant was shown footage from eight random games out of a pool of 80 titles rated by the ESRB within the last year. Each parent was asked to rate the game, then told what the actual rating was and asked to rate the rating as 'about right,' 'too strict,' or 'too lenient.'"

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  1. Can't this be done better? by non0score · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wouldn't a better test be one where the parents are asked to rate the games themselves (and later compared to the actual ratings), instead of asking them whether or not the parents agree with the rating? (AFAIK, this shouldn't be the same as "rating on a 1 to 10 scale) I mean, I personally know quite a few people who'd agree with anything that was thrown at them if the source seemed credible.