Film · 1967 · Films · 1960s
Valley of the Dolls
Two parallel scores from 124 z-qualifying reviewers and 129 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 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. The 19-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
Z-normalized percentile · 1,929 peers in Films · 1960s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.338 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 6.31 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 6.45 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.486 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 124 / 129 |
Summary
Three ambitious young women - aspiring singer Neely O'Hara, New England beauty Anne Welles, and fragile starlet Jennifer North - chase fame in New York and Hollywood show business. As their careers rise and falter, each woman becomes increasingly dependent on the pills ('dolls') they use to cope with the pressures of stardom, love, and loss.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
124 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.338. DB2 raw mean = 6.45.
90% CI-floor = -0.486. Thin samples penalized.
Global 23.9 / cohort 16.8. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1960s
