TV Series · 1999 · TV Series · 1990s
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Two parallel scores from 237 z-qualifying reviewers and 264 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: TV Series · 1990s (630 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 — discriminating reviewers liked it more than the casual crowd.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 630 peers in TV Series · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.085 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 6.14 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 6.29 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.022 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 237 / 264 |
Summary
A long-running NBC procedural following the detectives of the NYPD's Special Victims Unit, an elite squad that investigates sexually based offenses and crimes against children. Led for much of the run by Detective (later Captain) Olivia Benson, the team navigates the legal system and the personal toll of the cases they handle.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
237 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.085. DB2 raw mean = 6.29.
90% CI-floor = -0.022. Thin samples penalized.
Global 57.2 / cohort 25.9. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: TV Series · 1990s
