Book
The Sword of Freedom: Israel, Mossad, and the Secret War
Two parallel scores from 4 calibrated reviewers and 5 raw-average reviewers.
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. The 21-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — discriminating reviewers liked it more than the casual crowd.
Where this book sits
Z-normalized percentile · 5,285 ranked books
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.120 |
|---|---|
| Calibrated raw-mean rating | 4.50 /5 |
| Broad raw-mean rating | 4.60 /5 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.702 |
| Reviewers (calibrated / broad) | 4 / 5 |
Summary
The Sword of Freedom: Israel, Mossad, and the Secret War sits at the 49th 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 27; 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
4 reviewers with rating variance re-centered onto a personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.120. Broad raw mean = 4.60/5.
90% CI-floor = -0.702. Thin samples penalized.
Global 48.5. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
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