Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:04:55 01/04/04
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On January 04, 2004 at 11:10:41, Bob Durrett wrote:
>On January 04, 2004 at 11:00:31, Dan Andersson wrote:
>
>> I admire your persistance. I guess most of us that have a mathematical
>>statistics education got tired explaining things after the first thread or so.
>>
>>MvH Dan Andersson
>
>I, too, have a "mathematical statistics education."
>
>What bugs me is that all of the CCC bulletins seem to suggest that those who run
>and evaluate tournaments look only at the win/loss statistics. There is
>considerably more information in a game score than just the final game result.
>
>Throwing away useful information is what I call "blind adherence to statistics."
> One needs to rise above one's formal education and supplement it with good
>thinking.
>
>: )
>
>Bob D.
The games themselves do not contain more information about the relative strength
of the opponents than the bare winning percentage of the winner.
That should not be forgotten.
Christophe
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