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	Five star: (The "best" of the best)- At BestLodging.com properties are ranked against each other on a bell curve, plotted with a standard deviation of one, and a mean of 2.25 (2.25 stars). The value of the y-axis depicting the curve represents the number of properties that can achieve a particular ranking. Each new property added or deleted affects the rating of the others. Properites ranked 5 stars are all those at least 2.75 standard deviations from the mean (the top .298% of all properties). So when there are 100,000 properties, the top 298 will be rated 5 stars. There are currently a little over 53,000 properties or about 160 5 star properties.
	Four star (may have been a 5 star at one time or can be) 4.75 stars- within the top .62% of all properties. 4.5 stars- within the top 1.22% of all lodgings. 4.25 stars- within the top 2.28% of all establishments. 4 stars- within the top 4 percent of all establishments.
	Three star (First Class) 3.75 stars- within the top 6.68% of all listings. 3.5 stars- within the top 10.56% of all lodgings. 3.25 stars- within the top 15.87% of all properties. 3 stars- within the top 22.66% of all listings.
	Two star (Moderate). 2.75 stars- within the top 30.85% of all lodgings. 2.5 stars- within the top 40.13% of all properties. 2.25 stars- within the top 50% of all establishments. 2 stars- within the top 59.87% of all lodgings.
	One star - (Basic. Clean. Private bath in each room). 1.75 stars- within the top 69.14% of all listings 1.5 stars- within the top 77.34% of all listings 1.25 stars- within the top 84.13% of all listings 1 star- within the top 89.44% of all listings 0 star - (below 1 star OR shared bath OR Not Rated) 3/4 star- slighlty below 1 star OR best with shared bath 1/2 star- fairly below 1 star OR deluxe w/ shared bath 1/4 star- below 1 star OR moderate with shared bath 0 stars- far below 1 star OR basic with shared bath