March-April 2011
How to Work With Recipe Ratings
NYC's
default rating system includes one rater ('NYC User') and one rating criterion
('rating'), but you can customize it for as many raters (e.g., 'Mom, Dad,
Susie, Tom') and criteria (e.g., 'cheap, easy, tasty, fun')
as you wish. To use the rating feature,
first establish your raters and rating criteria as follows.
Modify Raters and Rating Criteria
Select
Recipes… Recipes… click on a recipe name in the list then click the
Rate toolbar button. You can then modify
raters and rating criteria that are being used in the open cookbook's rating
system as follows.
To add
raters:
1.
Press the Raters... button.
2.
Type rater names (“Susie”, “Sam”, etc.) in the textbox and
press Add.
To
delete raters:
1.
Select the rater name in the list.
2.
Press the Delete button just above the list.
Rating
criteria should be always expressed in a positive manner, such as "tastes
good" rather than "tastes bad", because NYC assumes that the
maximum rating of 5 represents the best (highest) rating for EACH
criterion. This standard is necessary because NYC computes a composite
rating by averaging ratings across all criteria.
To add
rating criteria:
1.
Press the Rating Criteria... button.
2.
Type rating criteria (“tastes good”, “easy”,
“inexpensive”, etc.) in the textbox and press Add.
To
delete rating criteria:
1.
Select a rating criterion in the list.
2.
Press the Delete button just above the list.
Rate a
Recipe
To rate
a recipe from the recipe selection window (Recipes... Recipes...):
1.
Select a recipe in the list.
2.
Press the Rate toolbar button on the recipe selection window.
3.
In the rating window that pops up, select the rater.
4.
Select a rating (1 to 5 max.) for each of the rating criteria listed.
5.
Press O
To rate
a recipe from the recipe edit window (Recipes... Recipes... dbl-click recipe
name):
1.
Press the Rating tab on the recipe edit window.
2.
In the rating window that pops up, select the rater.
3.
Select a rating (1 to 5 max.) for each of the rating criteria listed.
4.
Press O
Obtain
Recipe List Sorted By Rating
To see a list of rated recipes sorted by rating:
1. Open a window with a recipe list (e.g., Recipes... Recipes..., Menu... Plan..., etc.).
2. Press the 'rated recipes' toolbar button.
The list shows rated recipes, along with their composite ratings, in descending order of rating.
Analyze
Recipe Ratings
To analyze recipe
ratings for two criteria at a
1.
Select Recipes... Analyze Ratings...
A plot
appears showing all recipes that are rated for the two rating criteria shown in
the dropdown boxes. Select different
criteria as needed for the analysis you want (i.e., you want to see recipes
that are “inexpensive” and “easy”. Points
representing recipes with the highest of both criteria will appear toward the
upper right corner of the plot window, where '
Redisplay
the plot for other rating criteria by selecting criteria in the dropdown boxes.
To see
the recipe name associated with a plotted point:
1.
Click on the point.
To
enlarge or shrink the points:
1.
Press the '+' or '-' buttons, respectively, in
the Point Size frame.
Transfer
Ratings During Recipe Import/Export
Recipe ratings (including raters and rating criteria) are
transferred between NYC cookbooks during importing and exporting of
recipes. To avoid transfer of new raters and/or rating criteria between
cookbooks, use Tools... Options... Import/Export tab…, and uncheck the
boxes for “transfer new raters” and “transfer new rating
criteria”.
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