Film · 1995 · Films · 1990s
The Basketball Diaries
Two parallel scores from 144 z-qualifying reviewers and 148 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 | +0.244 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.74 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.79 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.107 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 144 / 148 |
Summary
A talented high school basketball player and aspiring writer in New York City spirals into heroin addiction, watching his promising future and friendships unravel as he turns to petty crime and prostitution to feed his habit. Based on the autobiographical writings of poet Jim Carroll.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
144 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.244. DB2 raw mean = 7.79.
90% CI-floor = +0.107. Thin samples penalized.
Global 70.5 / cohort 70.1. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
