Van de IMDB.com site:Oorspronkelijk gepost door Khonnor
Dat betekend dat alleen stemmen van bekende en algemene leden meegerekend worden, dus niet nieuwelingen die gewoon even aanmelden en stemmen om hun favoriete film naar nummer 1 te helpen.The formula for calculating the Top Rated 250 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:
weighted rank (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
where:
R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 250 (currently 1250)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8)
for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.