Best bets for:

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Rating Average: 3.0000
Rating Stddev: 0
Review Count: 1
Existing Best Bet #: 3
( $rating_average - $rating_stddev ) + ( log($reviews) / log(5) )
( 3.0000 - 0 ) + ( 0 / 1.6094379124341 )
( 3 ) - 0
Proposed Best Bet #:
( ( $rating_average - ( $rating_stddev / 2) ) - ( ( $stddev==0 and $reviews<5)? .5: 0 ) * $similarity
( ( 3.0000 - 0 ) - 0.5 ) * $similarity
( 3 - 0.5 ) * $similarity
2.5 * $similarity
In English: Average rating minus half the standard deviation of the ratings, with a penalty of half a rating point if there are fewer then five reviews with no variation in their ratings.
Discussion: This uses the average rating as the base, lowering the overall rating based on the amount of variance in the ratings. Additionally it lowers the rating if only a few people have rated it and they've all given it the same score. Perhaps shows with few ratings shouldn't even show up in best bets.

Keywords: 5 - 2011, Mystery, TV, Modern, noitaminA

For reference, Devil Doll's similarity calc is this:
( $matching_keys * ( $matching_keys / $total_keys ) * $total_keys ) / ( $total_keys * $total_keys )
Pool of potential series:
TitleKey MatchRatingRating - stddevDevil Doll's Similarity CalcNew bbetNew bbet * SimilarityOld bbetOld bbet * Similarity
Usagi Drop 4 3.80 3.60 64% 3.60 2.30 4.40 2.82
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai 4 4.00 4.00 64% 3.50 2.24 4.00 2.56
X-Men 4 3.50 3.25 64% 3.25 2.08 3.43 2.20
Higashi no Eden 4 3.40 3.00 64% 3.00 1.92 3.60 2.30
Hourou Musuko 4 3.00 2.50 64% 2.50 1.60 2.43 1.56
Kamisama no Memo-chō 4 3.00 3.00 64% 2.50 1.60 3.00 1.92
Persona 4: The Animation 4 3.00 2.50 64% 2.50 1.60 2.43 1.56
C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control 4 2.67 2.43 64% 2.43 1.56 2.88 1.84
Read or Die - TV 3 4.00 4.00 36% 4.00 1.44 5.11 1.84
Nodame Cantabile 3 3.83 3.65 36% 3.65 1.31 4.57 1.65
Paradise Kiss 3 3.75 3.53 36% 3.53 1.27 4.18 1.50
Rozen Maiden 3 3.75 3.53 36% 3.53 1.27 4.61 1.66
Red Garden 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.00 1.44
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.43 1.60
Kuragehime 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.68 1.69
Gin no Saji 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.00 1.44
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.68 1.69
Summertime Rendering 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.43 1.60
Kuuchuu Buranko 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.00 1.44
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.00 1.44
Fate/Zero 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.43 1.60
Hachimitsu to Kuroba II 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.86 1.75
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.00 1.44
Tibet Inu Monogatari: Kin'iro no Dao Jie 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.00 1.44
Get Backers 3 3.78 3.46 36% 3.46 1.25 4.51 1.63
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.43 1.24
Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.86 1.39
Ayakashi - Japanese Classic Horror 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.43 1.24
Hataraki Man 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.43 1.24
To Aru Majutsu no Index II 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.43 1.24
Level E 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.43 1.24
Hana-Saku Iroha 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.43 1.24
ID: INVADED 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.43 1.24
Mawaru Penguindrum 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.43 1.24
Bakuman 2 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.43 1.24
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (TV) 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.86 1.39
Rozen Maiden ~Träumend~ 3 3.33 3.10 36% 3.10 1.12 3.54 1.28
Nodame Cantabile: Finale 3 3.33 3.10 36% 3.10 1.12 3.54 1.28
xxxHOLiC Kei 3 3.33 3.10 36% 3.10 1.12 3.54 1.28
Monster 3 3.50 3.07 36% 3.07 1.10 3.50 1.26
Hachimitsu to Kuroba 3 3.43 3.06 36% 3.06 1.10 3.91 1.41
Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen 3 3.25 3.03 36% 3.03 1.09 3.68 1.32
Ghost Hunt 3 3.25 3.03 36% 3.03 1.09 3.68 1.32
Meitantei Conan 3 3.20 2.71 36% 2.71 0.98 3.22 1.16
Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season 3 3.00 3.00 36% 2.50 0.90 3.00 1.08
Ben-To 3 3.00 3.00 36% 2.50 0.90 3.00 1.08
Natsume Yuujinchou San 3 3.00 3.00 36% 2.50 0.90 3.00 1.08
Softenni 3 3.00 3.00 36% 2.50 0.90 3.00 1.08
Owarimonogatari 3 3.00 3.00 36% 2.50 0.90 3.00 1.08
Tiger and Bunny 3 3.00 3.00 36% 2.50 0.90 3.00 1.08

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