Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Two parallel scores from 2,498 z-qualifying reviewers and 2,631 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 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 · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.276 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 6.21 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 6.33 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.308 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 2,498 / 2,631 |
Summary
Two Jedi Knights, Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi, are sent to negotiate an end to a Trade Federation blockade of the peaceful planet Naboo. After rescuing Queen Amidala, they become stranded on Tatooine, where they meet a gifted slave boy named Anakin Skywalker who may be the prophesied Chosen One. As they fight to free Naboo, a mysterious Sith Lord reemerges, signaling the return of an ancient evil.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
2,498 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.276. DB2 raw mean = 6.33.
90% CI-floor = -0.308. Thin samples penalized.
Global 28.1 / cohort 25.7. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
