Film · 1973 · Films · 1970s
The Exorcist
Two parallel scores from 1,113 z-qualifying reviewers and 1,170 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 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 · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.511 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.00 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.07 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.462 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 1,113 / 1,170 |
Summary
When 12-year-old Regan begins exhibiting violent, inexplicable behavior, her terrified mother turns to doctors and psychiatrists for answers. After medical science fails, she enlists two Catholic priests, a young man wrestling with his faith and a seasoned veteran, to perform an exorcism on the girl, who appears to be possessed by a demonic entity.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
1,113 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.511. DB2 raw mean = 8.07.
90% CI-floor = +0.462. Thin samples penalized.
Global 88.4 / cohort 85.9. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
