Film · 1960 · Films · 1960s
Psycho
Two parallel scores from 1,236 z-qualifying reviewers and 1,289 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 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.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 1,929 peers in Films · 1960s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.803 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.99 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 9.03 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.757 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 1,236 / 1,289 |
Summary
Marion Crane, a secretary, steals money from her employer and checks into the remote Bates Motel to escape. There she meets the motel's shy owner Norman Bates and learns his overbearing mother lives in the adjacent house. Marion's stay takes a terrifying turn when she becomes the victim of a sudden, brutal attack.
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The math, in this order
1,236 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.803. DB2 raw mean = 9.03.
90% CI-floor = +0.757. Thin samples penalized.
Global 97.7 / cohort 97.6. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1960s
