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Old 04-24-2025, 03:12 PM   #1279
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root View Post
Here's the thing about observation vs stats...

In small sample sizes, observation is extremely accurate, but as sample sizes get larger, memory gets skewed, and biases have greater and greater impact.

Whereas data is the opposite: small sample sizes are effectively useless and skewed, but as you get more and more data, it becomes more and more accurate and useful.
In assessing player X overall ... agreed.

But in assessing player X in game 18 ... disagree.
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