--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "bucktowntiger <jdh22_at_c...>" <jdh22_at_c...> wrote: > My point was: there are ways in which bonus conversion can be > inflated to misrepresent the skill of a team. What if a team only > hears 5 bonuses but gets 30 on all of them? And let's say that all 5 > of their tossups were powered? Is *that* not realistic??? Their > bonus conversion would be perfect... And if the formula gives bonus > conversion and power tossups heavy weight, then, their worth is > inflated. > > You obviously spent so much time coming up with astrophysical > references to belittle the text of my post that you didn't see the > *concept* I was stating: that even bonus conversion can misrepresent > the skill of a team. > > In the modified words of Al Davis, "Just play the games, baby." > > --Josh, P. t. altaica What is this team proficient in? NHL toss-ups? Sorry man, when your background is ridiculous, the argument becomes so too. It's certainly possible for a team to 30 most of the few bonuses it gets to hear, as many of the NAQT bonuses are not particularly challenging. However, if the team systematically got tossups in one subject, as your original post stated, the chance of getting 30's on most of those would certainly be very small. Essentially, if a team can get 30's on bonuses in various subjects, then it should get more tossups than just the subject it is "perfectly knowledgeable" in. You need to find a different way to attack the robustness of bonus conversion, and realize that any weakness in it likely has only the slightest effect on the ranking of teams. - Brad K., a statistical layman
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