Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:50:25 05/31/02
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On May 31, 2002 at 07:16:45, Chris Carson wrote: >Dann, > >If you believe that ratings inflation exists, then do the stats/research and >present a proof. It may exist and there is plenty of data to look at. If you >can show this, it would prove your point. You should be able to establish >averages for today, 5 years back, 10 years back, 20 years back. Show N >population, break out #GM's, #IM's, ... Show the std deviation. If there is >inflation, you can show it to be significant and establish a 95% confidence >level. You can show the rate of inflaciton over time, factors that influence >the inflation (based on data not opinion) and make recommendations for >correcting this. It would be impressive. The records are there, you may have >to dig them out, but I "know" the data is there. Spend some time, and then >please present your findings, I would really like to see what you find and what >you have to say after you discover it. There is _no_ way to prove it. Because the "old pool" is gone and can't be compared to the "new pool" to see if players from the "old pool" get a higher or lower rating when they jump into the "new pool".
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