For the Statisticians Among Us

[crowTrobot]

Washington, currently with the 2nd pick, is for some insane reason on a 4 game winning streak. Their management couldn't be so inept as to allow them to win any more could they? Crazy.

they do play the cavs next

we should be happy NJ decided to win a few games when they did 2 weeks ago. they could easily be in 2nd right now.

 

[Eastoff]

Or... we could just say that there is a 50/50 chance. We either will or we wont get the pick this year.

Keep your math in Idaho please.

 

[Eastoff]

e_blazer, I am taking a statistics refresher course April 30 if you can wait that long. My recollection (damn, college was a long time ago) is that westnob is correct. The question is whether these are 3 independent events like coin toss or 3 related events where one outcome precludes any others.

Yeah, I didn't consider e_blazer's point, but I think crandc is right. Each time you draw a ping pong ball, it's another instance. And technically each time someone else gets drawn the chances change slightly.

 

[Eastoff]

BTW I'm arguing for an improvement of 1 to 1.5% (too lazy to check) so it's not really a big deal.

 

[Boise Blazer]

Keep your math in Idaho please.

Touchy huh?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

When the Blazers won the 2007 lotto they had a winning% of .390;

If the Blazers lose the last game against Utah they'll end the season with a winning% of .420.

We need this!

 

[Eastoff]

Touchy huh?

I just don't like "Fuzzy math" ;]

 

[Mediocre Man]

I just don't like "Fuzzy math" ;]

I dated a girl once with a fuzzy math, and I didn't really enjoy it either

 

[Eastoff]

I dated a girl once with a fuzzy math, and I didn't really enjoy it either

take a walk on the wildside