Film · 1970 · Films · 1970s
Catch-22
Two parallel scores from 129 z-qualifying reviewers and 136 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).
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 18-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — the casual crowd liked it more than discriminating reviewers (a classic inflation pattern).
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.066 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.08 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.15 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.211 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 129 / 136 |
Summary
During World War II, U.S. Army Air Forces bombardier Captain John Yossarian becomes desperate to stop flying combat missions over the Mediterranean, but a paradoxical military regulation known as Catch-22 makes it impossible to be grounded for insanity, since anyone sane enough to want out must keep flying. As his squadron mates die around him and his commanders keep raising the required mission count, Yossarian's resistance turns increasingly frantic.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
129 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.066. DB2 raw mean = 7.15.
90% CI-floor = -0.211. Thin samples penalized.
Global 44.2 / cohort 36.2. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
