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Subject: Re: Some stats...

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 09:16:55 01/23/04

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On January 23, 2004 at 12:10:08, Richard Pijl wrote:

>>So from the match results you can conclude with 95% certainty that
>>Shredder 8 is at least one rating point better.
>
>Just to be absolutely clear on this:
>This is a result from matchplay between two engines. The difference calculated
>is of course only valid for results between those two engines. In real life it
>may not mean much. Shredder 8 may turn out to be weaker or much stronger when
>playing other engines. That's just the limitation of the model and measurements
>used.

This is all correct, Richard, but that is NOT what I had to criticise. The point
was that the result mentioned was NOT enough to conclude a better strength.
Please also do read the other postings I wrote on the topic today. And I can
assure you that I dont play around and make jokes.

Rolf


>
>Richard.



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