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Subject: Re: I would call this SPORT christophe !

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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