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Sphere (1998) poster
1998
global pct
24.1

Film · 1998 · Films · 1990s

Sphere

Two parallel scores from 253 z-qualifying reviewers and 261 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

24.1%
Z · Global
22.2%
Z · Cohort
Films · 1990s
28.4%
Raw · Global
20.5%
Raw · Cohort
Films · 1990s
Two scores · one item
Z-normalized · global
24.1
Z-normalized · cohortFilms · 1990s
22.2
Raw average · global
28.4
Raw average · cohortFilms · 1990s
20.5

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 · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s

Mean reviewer z-score-0.336
DB1 raw-mean rating5.77 /10
DB2 raw-mean rating5.83 /10
90% CI-floor (z)-0.439
Reviewers (DB1 / DB2)253 / 261

Summary

A team of scientists, including a psychologist, a mathematician, and a biologist, is assembled by the U.S. government to investigate a mysterious spacecraft discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Inside, they find an enormous golden sphere of unknown origin, and as they study it, the group begins to experience terrifying psychological phenomena and deadly events that threaten their survival.

Pipeline applied to this title

The math, in this order

01
Z-score per reviewer

253 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.

02
Aggregate

Mean z = -0.336. DB2 raw mean = 5.83.

03
CI-floor

90% CI-floor = -0.439. Thin samples penalized.

04
ECDF percentile

Global 24.1 / cohort 22.2. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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