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Alien (1979) poster
1979
global pct
95.9

Film · 1979 · Films · 1970s

Alien

Two parallel scores from 1,517 z-qualifying reviewers and 1,593 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

95.9%
Z · Global
95.4%
Z · Cohort
Films · 1970s
94.2%
Raw · Global
96.3%
Raw · Cohort
Films · 1970s
Two scores · one item
Z-normalized · global
95.9
Z-normalized · cohortFilms · 1970s
95.4
Raw average · global
94.2
Raw average · cohortFilms · 1970s
96.3

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 title sits

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Z-normalized percentile · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s

Mean reviewer z-score+0.712
DB1 raw-mean rating8.67 /10
DB2 raw-mean rating8.71 /10
90% CI-floor (z)+0.670
Reviewers (DB1 / DB2)1,517 / 1,593

Summary

The crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo responds to a distress signal and lands on a remote planet, where they discover a derelict alien spacecraft. Upon exploration, they inadvertently bring aboard a parasitic extraterrestrial organism. The alien begins systematically hunting the crew members as they struggle to survive aboard their ship.

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Pipeline applied to this title

The math, in this order

01
Z-score per reviewer

1,517 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.

02
Aggregate

Mean z = +0.712. DB2 raw mean = 8.71.

03
CI-floor

90% CI-floor = +0.670. Thin samples penalized.

04
ECDF percentile

Global 95.9 / cohort 95.4. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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