algorithm used to calculate 5 star ratings

Question

I need to calculate 5-star ratings like the one on Amazon website. I have done enough search to find what is the best algorithm, but I am not able to get a proper answer. For ex

Answer 1

in Javascript

function calcAverageRating(ratings) {

  let totalWeight = 0;
  let totalReviews = 0;

  ratings.forEach((rating) => {

    const weightMultipliedByNumber = rating.weight * rating.count;
    totalWeight += weightMultipliedByNumber;
    totalReviews += rating.count;
  });

  const averageRating = totalWeight / totalReviews;

  return averageRating.toFixed(2);
}


const ratings = [
  {
    weight: 5,
    count: 252
  },
  {
    weight: 4,
    count: 124
  },
  {
    weight: 3,
    count: 40
  },
  {
    weight: 2,
    count: 29
  },
  {
    weight: 1,
    count: 33
  }
];

console.log(calcAverageRating(ratings));