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05/26/2004 10:48:32 PM · #1 |
I haven't really ever paid attention to this, mostly because it has never mattered for me, and also because I just never thought about it, but after 100 or so votes, do the scores really change that much? I wouldn't think that statistically they would, but then again, I'm no math whiz. But out of idle curiousity, has anyone noticed if extreme votes on either end really have that much of an impact on the final rating after 100 or 125 votes? Thanks! ;o)
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05/26/2004 10:52:43 PM · #2 |
FWIW, I've tracked votes on my entries. after about 20 to 40 votes my average score will be within a tenth of my final score.
Forty or fifty votes will be received within the first 12 hours. |
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05/26/2004 10:53:09 PM · #3 |
It is possible for the score to shift by 0.25 point or so after 100 votes. I often find that the scoring shifts significantly and sharply during the week, and a shot whose score had been plunging (or skyrocketing) will turn tail and go the other way. That said, a 0.25 shift is not really that big a change. Fact is, your score after 40-50 votes will very often be quite colse to the final score.
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05/26/2004 10:55:26 PM · #4 |
Well, just to give you a quick sense of it. If you have 100 votes, and they average a 5.0, then if the next 10 people in a row give you a perfect 10, your average will be 5.45, so that makes a pretty big difference placement wise.
More to the point, after 100 votes, people have pretty much determined what the voting will likely be for the next 10 people, so it would indeed be a statistical anomoly if your score changed *that* much after 100 votes.
I've just had a whole bottle of wine (plus some) after watching the American Idol finale, so it's possible my math is totally wrong. :) But I'm a math weenie, so hopefully my number are on here!
-Will |
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05/26/2004 10:56:18 PM · #5 |
| There's sometimes a nice shift up when all the less then 20% are weeded out. If you view you score 1 minute before the voting ends and look at it afterwards you may notice this. |
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05/26/2004 11:03:40 PM · #6 |
That's kind of what I figured, but wanted to get other opinions. Now I can go to bed happy! :o)
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05/26/2004 11:39:52 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
There's sometimes a nice shift up when all the less then 20% are weeded out. If you view you score 1 minute before the voting ends and look at it afterwards you may notice this. |
Exactly. I went from a 5.04 on habits right before it ended to a 5.213. There is hope!
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05/27/2004 12:18:47 AM · #8 |
A couple of challenges ago, I had one of mine do something that had never happened again.
Within minutes of voting, my score was high 6's. cool. Monday morning it had fallen to high 4's. It was level on Monday and Tuesday, and started climbing on Wednesday. Finished low 6's.
Normally, though, I can tell if I have a top 5, 10, or 15 shot within the first 24 hours of voting. Or, I can usually tell if it will finish mid-x's or high x-s or low x-s.
It's the hope that keeps me refreshing. |
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05/27/2004 12:43:04 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by karmat:
A couple of challenges ago, I had one of mine do something that had never happened again.
Within minutes of voting, my score was high 6's. cool. Monday morning it had fallen to high 4's. It was level on Monday and Tuesday, and started climbing on Wednesday. Finished low 6's.
Normally, though, I can tell if I have a top 5, 10, or 15 shot within the first 24 hours of voting. Or, I can usually tell if it will finish mid-x's or high x-s or low x-s.
It's the hope that keeps me refreshing. |
Karmat, I was just wondering if it was the Free Study challenge where you noticed this extreme change in your score?
I found I lost about 20 votes in the middle of the challenge. It's a good thing i lost them, they had pulled my score into the 4's.
I hope this isn't too big to paste here :O)
Joshua Tree
March Free Study
Votes: 182
Avg Vote: 6.0769
Comments: 6
Updated: 04/07/04 10:55 pm
Joshua Tree
March Free Study
Votes: 98
Avg Vote: 6.1939
Comments: 3
Updated: 04/02/04 04:26 pm
Joshua Tree
March Free Study
Votes: 73
Avg Vote: 6.1096
Comments: 2
Updated: 04/02/04 12:10 am
I Lost 20 votes here
Joshua Tree
March Free Study
Votes: 94
Avg Vote: 4.8617
Comments: 2
Updated: 04/01/04 11:07 pm
Joshua Tree
March Free Study
Votes: 92
Avg Vote: 4.8478
Comments: 2
Updated: 04/01/04 10:42 pm
Joshua Tree
March Free Study
Votes: 19
Avg Vote: 5.7895
Comments: 0
Updated: 04/01/04 12:54 am
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05/27/2004 12:47:46 AM · #10 |
I think the march free study and others where voting was going on on April 1st suffered from an April fool's joke put on by the Admins.
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05/27/2004 12:50:11 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
I think the march free study and others where voting was going on on April 1st suffered from an April fool's joke put on by the Admins. |
Hehehehehehehehehehe. We all got had on that one. |
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05/27/2004 12:51:00 AM · #12 |
| Oh, thats right. I am just now starting to grow my hair back from living through that event. ;) |
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