billtvshow wrote:
I posted it before in a stats thread some time back, jmh was very cool to use it.
Rank percentile per post
rpp for one entry = 100 x (1 - (rank of a post/number of entries in that contest))
Then each of you entries' rpp's up and divide by your total number of entries.
The power of the stat is that it adjusts for the change in the amount of competition on the site versus just simply averaging ranks.
(That stat is copyright by me for use here only.
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BTVS, I almost understand this, but for clarification: Is RPP your number out of 100%; sort of like a percentile score on a test? Meaning, a score of 80 would mean you fared better than 80% of the entries?
Statistics are just not my thing, I'm sorry if this is a dumbell question.
The word "Rank" is kind of throwing me, because I tend to think of ranks advancing the opposite way. The top-ranked post would get a 1; the bottom-ranked would be 100.
(kinda like when sucky Quebec Nordiques moved to Colorado and won the stanely cup).
