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Subject: Re: Being better...

Author: Bruce Cleaver

Date: 11:43:10 01/23/04

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The real weakness here is accepting the 95% certainty claim.  It's traditional,
and makes some kind of sense, but when you get down to it there is also an
element of arbitrariness.  If you are satisfied with a 90% certainty, or perhaps
+/- 1.5 sigma, or whatever, the scores that will impress you (out of 300 games)
change.

There are also times when 95% isn't good enough, and the claim has to be much
tighter.



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