Serial Experiments Lain
Rating Average: 3.4474Rating Stddev: 0.9374480595029934
Review Count: 38
Existing Best Bet #: 4.77011129900555
( $rating_average - $rating_stddev ) + ( log($reviews) / log(5) )
( 3.4474 - 0.9374480595029934 ) + ( 3.63758615972639 / 1.6094379124341 )
( 2.50995194049701 ) - 2.26015935850854
Proposed Best Bet #:
( ( $rating_average - ( $rating_stddev / 2) ) - ( ( $stddev==0 and $reviews<5)? .5: 0 ) * $similarity
( ( 3.4474 - 0.468724029751497 ) - 0 ) * $similarity
( 2.9786759702485 - 0 ) * $similarity
2.9786759702485 * $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: 10 - Weird, Sci-Fi, Acquired Taste, Cyberpunk, Dark, Drama, 1998, Computers, TV, Seinen
For reference, Devil Doll's similarity calc is this:
( $matching_keys * ( $matching_keys / $total_keys ) * $total_keys ) / ( $total_keys * $total_keys )
| Title | Key Match | Rating | Rating - stddev | Devil Doll's Similarity Calc | New bbet | New bbet * Similarity | Old bbet | Old bbet * Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elfen Lied | 7 | 3.50 | 3.07 | 48% | 3.07 | 1.50 | 4.18 | 2.05 |
| Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX | 6 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 36% | 4.00 | 1.44 | 5.43 | 1.96 |
| Rahxephon | 6 | 3.55 | 3.30 | 36% | 3.30 | 1.19 | 4.54 | 1.63 |
| Koukaku Kidoutai 2: Innocence | 6 | 3.50 | 3.25 | 36% | 3.25 | 1.17 | 3.86 | 1.39 |
| Koukaku Kidoutai S.A.C. 2nd GIG | 6 | 3.50 | 3.25 | 36% | 3.25 | 1.17 | 3.86 | 1.39 |
| Kiddy Grade | 6 | 3.12 | 2.66 | 36% | 2.66 | 0.96 | 3.49 | 1.26 |
| Devilman Lady | 6 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 36% | 2.50 | 0.90 | 3.00 | 1.08 |
| Cowboy Bebop | 5 | 3.81 | 3.55 | 25% | 3.55 | 0.89 | 5.74 | 1.44 |
| Interlude | 5 | 3.75 | 3.53 | 25% | 3.53 | 0.88 | 4.18 | 1.04 |
| Digimon Tamers | 5 | 3.75 | 3.53 | 25% | 3.53 | 0.88 | 4.18 | 1.04 |
| Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 | 5 | 3.70 | 3.47 | 25% | 3.47 | 0.87 | 4.67 | 1.17 |
| FLCL | 5 | 3.74 | 3.42 | 25% | 3.42 | 0.85 | 5.36 | 1.34 |
| Silent Mobius | 6 | 2.80 | 2.22 | 36% | 2.22 | 0.80 | 2.63 | 0.95 |
| xxxHOLiC Kei | 5 | 3.33 | 3.10 | 25% | 3.10 | 0.77 | 3.54 | 0.89 |
| Chaos;Head | 5 | 3.25 | 3.03 | 25% | 3.03 | 0.76 | 3.68 | 0.92 |
| Koukaku Kidoutai | 5 | 3.44 | 2.97 | 25% | 2.97 | 0.74 | 4.23 | 1.06 |
| Eat man 98 | 5 | 3.33 | 2.96 | 25% | 2.96 | 0.74 | 3.70 | 0.93 |
| Shin Seiki Evangelion | 5 | 3.38 | 2.93 | 25% | 2.93 | 0.73 | 4.86 | 1.22 |
| Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid | 4 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 16% | 4.00 | 0.64 | 5.29 | 0.85 |
| High School of the Dead | 5 | 3.00 | 2.55 | 25% | 2.55 | 0.64 | 3.11 | 0.78 |
| Boukyaku no Senritsu | 5 | 3.00 | 2.55 | 25% | 2.55 | 0.64 | 3.11 | 0.78 |
| Narutaru ~Mukuro naru hoshi Tama taru ko~ | 5 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 25% | 2.50 | 0.62 | 3.86 | 0.97 |
| Kurogane Communication | 5 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 25% | 2.50 | 0.62 | 2.43 | 0.61 |
| Speed Grapher | 5 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 25% | 2.50 | 0.62 | 3.68 | 0.92 |
| Kino no Tabi - the Beautiful World: Byouki no Kuni -For You- | 5 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 25% | 2.50 | 0.62 | 2.43 | 0.61 |
| .hack//SIGN | 5 | 3.00 | 2.49 | 25% | 2.49 | 0.62 | 4.27 | 1.07 |
| Kurozuka | 6 | 2.25 | 1.71 | 36% | 1.71 | 0.61 | 2.02 | 0.73 |
| Jin-Roh | 4 | 3.92 | 3.78 | 16% | 3.78 | 0.60 | 5.18 | 0.83 |
| Hellsing | 4 | 3.87 | 3.66 | 16% | 3.66 | 0.59 | 5.72 | 0.92 |
| Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou | 5 | 2.75 | 2.34 | 25% | 2.34 | 0.58 | 2.78 | 0.70 |
| Chikyu Shojo Arjuna | 4 | 3.83 | 3.65 | 16% | 3.65 | 0.58 | 4.57 | 0.73 |
| Shoujo Kakumei Utena | 4 | 3.83 | 3.65 | 16% | 3.65 | 0.58 | 5.26 | 0.84 |
| Bubblegum Crisis | 5 | 2.81 | 2.31 | 25% | 2.31 | 0.58 | 3.52 | 0.88 |
| Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu | 4 | 3.80 | 3.60 | 16% | 3.60 | 0.58 | 4.83 | 0.77 |
| Bokurano | 4 | 3.75 | 3.53 | 16% | 3.53 | 0.57 | 4.18 | 0.67 |
| Aria the Origination | 4 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 16% | 3.50 | 0.56 | 4.00 | 0.64 |
| Fantastic Children | 4 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 16% | 3.50 | 0.56 | 4.43 | 0.71 |
| Heat Guy J | 4 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 16% | 3.50 | 0.56 | 4.68 | 0.75 |
| Pale Cocoon | 4 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 16% | 3.50 | 0.56 | 4.43 | 0.71 |
| Mardock Scramble: The First Compression | 4 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 16% | 3.50 | 0.56 | 4.00 | 0.64 |
| Saber Marionette J to X | 4 | 3.67 | 3.43 | 16% | 3.43 | 0.55 | 3.88 | 0.62 |
| Haibane Renmei | 4 | 3.73 | 3.42 | 16% | 3.42 | 0.55 | 4.60 | 0.74 |
| Saishu Heiki Kanojo | 4 | 3.60 | 3.36 | 16% | 3.36 | 0.54 | 4.54 | 0.73 |
| Mugen no Ryvius | 4 | 3.60 | 3.36 | 16% | 3.36 | 0.54 | 4.11 | 0.66 |
| Usagichan De Cue | 4 | 3.60 | 3.36 | 16% | 3.36 | 0.54 | 4.11 | 0.66 |
| Gunslinger Girl | 4 | 3.67 | 3.33 | 16% | 3.33 | 0.53 | 4.37 | 0.70 |
| Koi Kaze | 4 | 3.67 | 3.29 | 16% | 3.29 | 0.53 | 4.03 | 0.65 |
| Ergo Proxy | 4 | 3.50 | 3.25 | 16% | 3.25 | 0.52 | 3.86 | 0.62 |
| Loveless (TV) | 4 | 3.50 | 3.25 | 16% | 3.25 | 0.52 | 3.43 | 0.55 |
| Gankutsuou | 4 | 3.50 | 3.25 | 16% | 3.25 | 0.52 | 3.43 | 0.55 |
