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The Wrong Man (1956) poster
1956
global pct
82.1

Film · 1956 · Films · 1950s

The Wrong Man

Two parallel scores from 174 z-qualifying reviewers and 175 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

82.1%
Z · Global
70.2%
Z · Cohort
Films · 1950s
73.6%
Raw · Global
70.2%
Raw · Cohort
Films · 1950s
Two scores · one item
Z-normalized · global
82.1
Z-normalized · cohortFilms · 1950s
70.2
Raw average · global
73.6
Raw average · cohortFilms · 1950s
70.2

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 · 561 peers in Films · 1950s

Mean reviewer z-score+0.403
DB1 raw-mean rating7.58 /10
DB2 raw-mean rating7.59 /10
90% CI-floor (z)+0.278
Reviewers (DB1 / DB2)174 / 175

Summary

A mild-mannered New York musician is misidentified as the armed robber of an insurance office and arrested. As he is booked, arraigned, and put on trial, the ordeal devastates his family and pushes his wife toward a breakdown while he struggles to prove his innocence. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on a true story.

Pipeline applied to this title

The math, in this order

01
Z-score per reviewer

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

02
Aggregate

Mean z = +0.403. DB2 raw mean = 7.59.

03
CI-floor

90% CI-floor = +0.278. Thin samples penalized.

04
ECDF percentile

Global 82.1 / cohort 70.2. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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