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Subject: Re: Junior - Crafty NPS Challenge - a user experiment

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:19:27 11/24/03

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On November 24, 2003 at 19:07:23, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On November 24, 2003 at 18:55:18, Sune Fischer wrote:
>
>>>  Particularly since we are dealing with
>>>humans and computers that can "get sick".  Suppose on a normal day we
>>>can only draw, but I get sick and lose 6 in a row.  You conclude you
>>>are better.  You are wrong.  The 1000 draws are much more representative
>>>of how we compare than the 6 wins/losses, in this case.
>>
>>You are mixing up the two question because you feel that being 0.001 better is
>>being equal, and it isn't in a mathematical sense.
>>
>>-S.
>
>Think of this way, the percentage of draws can only shift around the decimal dot
>on who is better, but it cannot change the sign.
>
>-S.


Yeah, but when comparing humans, there is no decimel point in my
comparisons.  RE: Fide ratings.

:)



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