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global pct
49.7

Book

The Food Group

Two parallel scores from 7 calibrated reviewers and 7 raw-average reviewers.

49.7%
Z · Global
49.7%
Z · Cohort
60.4%
Raw · Global
60.4%
Raw · Cohort
Two scores · one item
Z-normalized · global
49.7
Z-normalized · cohortpublication decade
49.7
Raw average · global
60.4
Raw average · cohortpublication decade
60.4

Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.

Where this book sits

0255075100

Z-normalized percentile · 5,285 ranked books

Mean reviewer z-score+0.135
Calibrated raw-mean rating4.86 /5
Broad raw-mean rating4.86 /5
90% CI-floor (z)-0.487
Reviewers (calibrated / broad)7 / 7

Summary

The Food Group sits at the 50th z-normalized percentile across 5,285ranked books. The z-percentile differs from a raw star average because Rankquant subtracts each reviewer's personal baseline before aggregating — so a reader who rates everything 5 stars carries less weight than one who rates discerningly. Raw-average percentile is 60; the gap between the two measures how much bias-correction changes this title's standing. How percentiles are computed.

Pipeline applied to this title

The math, in this order

01
Z-score per reviewer

7 reviewers with rating variance re-centered onto a personal z-scale.

02
Aggregate

Mean z = +0.135. Broad raw mean = 4.86/5.

03
CI-floor

90% CI-floor = -0.487. Thin samples penalized.

04
ECDF percentile

Global 49.7. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.

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