In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have what I hope is a simple theoretical question to resolve an >argument:
>The problem concerns finishing position at the end of round-robin >chess competition. >If competitor A has probability Pa of finishing in the top half of the >league table, and competitor B has Pb, what is the probability that A >finishes higher than B ? >Likewise, if competitor A has probability Pa of winning a match (any >match - so I suppose this would be some notional 'average' opponent), >and B has probability Pb, what is the probability that A would win a >match against B? >any help appreciated Without more assumptions, the question cannot be answered. One can give probability models in which it can be anything. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
