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Shannon, I doubt that my comments will convince you, but here's my stab:<BR>
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The win-loss record is <U>absolutely</U> impacted by strength of schedule, since there are 10 games, and you are only playing 7 of those against teams in your own division. So, if you are a "B" team, and end up playing the top "A" team OR the bottom "A" team would (most nights) mean that you were less likely to win agains the top A team than the bottom A team. (Or conversely, if you are an "A" team, you are more likely to win against the bottom "B" team than you are against the top "B" team.)<BR>
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Points scored can also be a 'strength' thing, if you are lucky enough to consistently pick the 'easier' side. However, since the 'easier' side isn't usually consistently the first or the second side, that is more random. Since question setters generally try to balance things (if not within a round, then round by round), points is more likely to be a good indicator of who is the best overall team than the straight win-loss record. I could lose a couple of games with a score of 64, and still have the highest overall # of points because the teams that beat me (say with 65 points each) were having exceptional nights.<BR>
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Kerry<BR>
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From: shannonkari@rogers.com<BR>To: inquisition@cfaj.ca<BR>Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 16:23:13 -0400<BR>Subject: Re: [CI] scoring system<BR><BR>
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<DIV>If you only skimmed through everyone’s suggestions, how would you know if they are thoughtfully posed?</DIV>
<DIV>And actually, win-loss record, boils down to number of wins and losses. The equity of the win-loss record, may arguably boil down to strength of schedule.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sujit.roy18@gmail.com href="mailto:sujit.roy18@gmail.com">Sujit Roy</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 04, 2011 4:14 PM</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Hi everyone, <BR>I've only skimmed through everyone's suggestions and I don't mean to scorn anyone's opinion, as they are all thoughtfully posed. But the games seem pretty balanced to me. For example, last week's Dickens round had Oliver Twist on one side followed by The Christmas Carol on the other, and then Tale of Two Cities followed by Great Expectations; bottom line, fair.<BR><BR>And the way to decide the third finalist also seems fair. Win-Loss record boils down to strength of schedule, whereas the points & questions are fair game for everyone. Having the highest score for the whole season means you are one of the most consistent and best teams and thus deserve to make the Finals. The best way to remedy this, if there is indeed a problem, would be to have more playoffs, but that's too much stress on the question setters and makes seasons too long, I think.<BR>I'll see everybody tonight!<BR>Sujit <BR>
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