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Subject: Re: The Insignificance of the CSS WM test of Meiler, Schumacher & Gurevich

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 02:50:48 06/23/04

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On June 22, 2004 at 18:01:37, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On June 22, 2004 at 17:53:10, Franz Hagra wrote:
>
>>>For using this test suite “WM-Test” and to avoid
>>>misunderstandings/misinterpretations of my test results I recommend to look at
>>>the attached “readme.txt”.
>>
>>Only missing point is a little about the significancy of the figures!
>>
>>Hagra
>
>
>I think that they think that the support from CSS is significance enough. This
>is the same with the false public relations by ChessBase when they quote SSDF
>results and rankings as if that had any specific value. This is here in the same
>tradition. Hoax, nothing but hoax.
>
>If now someone feels unhappy let me explain that test results without
>significance, without validity, without reliability - - that then they are
>worthless. That's so simple and easy to understand.

You're to unfriendly. It does give reliable and significant results.

Just as long as the only question is "How well does a program score on this
test".

:)

Tony

>
>Finally as a footnote, it is extremely false to appear here in this forum,
>dropping such nonsense results without any value and then quickly chicken out.
>
>"No, with you I can't debate here - because I have lost my arguments" - nonsense
>- there are no arguments to defend the WM test of CSS.



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