Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 06:15:19 08/12/98
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On August 11, 1998 at 06:52:02, Tony Hedlund wrote: > >>So I think 4-0 actually turns out to be a significant result. If you score 4-0, >>you can say that there is a very good chance that the one with the wins is >>better than the ones with the losses. >> >>You can't say this if you pick out a string of 4 wins in a row in the midst of a >>longer match, since you might be selecting a fluke case, but if you just start >>from scratch, and get 4-0, you should be able to stop. In fact I think you >>might be able to stop if you get 3.5 - 0.5, but I am less certain of this case. >>Someone who has more statistics than I may be willing to comment on this. > >Recently I played the match Shredder2 P200 MMX 64MB - Rebel8 P90 16MB. >Rebel won the first four games but Shredder won the match with 11-9. That shouldn't happen very often. bruce
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