| David Kane 2005-04-11, 5:59 pm |
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"Mike Nolan" <nolan@gw.tssi.com> wrote in message
news:d2s32a$2jq$1@gw.tssi.com...
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> The change to 16 was never made by the USCF office due to logistical
> problems.
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> However, last summer the Rating Committee decided after analyzing
another
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> year's worth of ratings information that the multiplier of 10 was
more
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> appropriate and that multiplier in still effect today.
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Thanks for the explanation. I am curious as to whether the bonus point
concept is valid for active scholastic players. I looked at a sample
of results and found that bonus points were earned in around 40%
of performances. This looks more like random fluctuation to me.
It also doesn't make intuitive sense for the bonus threshold to be
independent of the player's K-constant. If K is 50 and the threshold
is 22, you're talking about awarding bonus points for pretty common
performances.
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