Consumer Guide Grades

Explain how grades in database are historically contingent, with major change taking place in 1990: fewer letter grades for sub-B+ records, most B+ records as { *, **, *** } honorable mentions, and most sub-B+ records as Choice Cuts, Neither, or Duds.

Further Information

• Consumer Guide (1): Prologue to first Consumer Guide explains original rating scale/concepts.
• Consumer Guide Book: The '70s
• Consumer Guide Book: The '90s