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The Pirates of Dark Water (1991) poster
1991
global pct
79.5

TV Series · 1991 · TV Series · 1990s

The Pirates of Dark Water

Two parallel scores from 8 z-qualifying reviewers and 8 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: TV Series · 1990s (630 peers).

79.5%
Z · Global
49.6%
Z · Cohort
TV Series · 1990s
94.5%
Raw · Global
75.9%
Raw · Cohort
TV Series · 1990s
Two scores · one item
↓ crowd-elevated · 15-pt gap
Z-normalized · global
79.5
Z-normalized · cohortTV Series · 1990s
49.6
Raw average · global
94.5
Raw average · cohortTV Series · 1990s
75.9

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. The 15-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — the casual crowd liked it more than discriminating reviewers (a classic inflation pattern).

Where this title sits

0255075100

Z-normalized percentile · 630 peers in TV Series · 1990s

Mean reviewer z-score+0.362
DB1 raw-mean rating8.75 /10
DB2 raw-mean rating8.75 /10
90% CI-floor (z)-0.219
Reviewers (DB1 / DB2)8 / 8

Summary

Plot summary pending — enrichment is running across all 52,376 titles in the catalog.

Pipeline applied to this title

The math, in this order

01
Z-score per reviewer

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

02
Aggregate

Mean z = +0.362. DB2 raw mean = 8.75.

03
CI-floor

90% CI-floor = -0.219. Thin samples penalized.

04
ECDF percentile

Global 79.5 / cohort 49.6. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.

Cohort: TV Series · 1990s

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