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Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 4:24 p.m.

In Response To: Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed (Ray Kershaw)

Well, this is all just conjectural. But my instinct is that if there's some overall effect due to the luckiness of doublets, it should apply to all plays roughly equally, so relative rankings will be less affected than absolute equities will be.

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• Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
  Timothy Chow -- Friday, 10 April 2015, at 11:42 p.m.
  • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
    Phil simborg -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 1:22 a.m.
    • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 3:38 p.m.
  • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
    Bob Koca -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 2:01 a.m.
  • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
    David Rockwell -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 2:20 a.m.
    • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 4:06 p.m.
  • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
    Maik Stiebler -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 7:31 a.m.
    • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 4:19 p.m.
      • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
        Tom Keith -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 6:34 p.m.
        • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
          Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 12 April 2015, at 6:31 p.m.
  • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
    Ray Kershaw -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 8:39 a.m.
    • Variance reduction is unbiased but may be skewed
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 11 April 2015, at 4:24 p.m.