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Old 05-11-2005, 05:06 AM
Andrew Prock Andrew  Prock is offline
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Math is hard. The numbers don't say there's a 95% chance he's a winner. They say something else entirely.

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Could you expand on this? I would like to learn.

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There are essentially two numbers to consider, the win rate and variance. Of course, JV hasn't actually supplied the variance, so even the basic results are a bit tenuous. UprightCreature posted some very basic numbers which say that getting DERB's results over that stretch for a break even player is maybe a one in a million event.

Now consider the fact that DERB is not alone in these achievements. We aren't talking about some guy that just got lucky.

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