yako
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re:Calculating winning percentages - 2005/11/20 16:11
and do not include draws, then 10-5-1 is the same as 10-5-0.
Saying that 10-5-1 is the same as 10-6-0 would not be the same as "not including draws".
Obviously, there are two senses of "including draws". First, you can include them when counting total games, or not. If you completely exclude draws, then 10-5-1 has the same winning percentage as 10-5-10 - 10/15.
If you include the draws in the total game count, there is now the question of whether or not to include the 1/2 point. In my opinion, if you are computing "winning" percentage, then you do NOT include the 1/2 point, but simply take the ratio of wins/games.
Finally, if you think that "winning percentage" is the same as "scoring percentage", then you count all the games and count 1/2 point for each draw.
Perhaps the right answer to this question is that "winning percentage" is a term which is at best ambiguous. percentage". It *is* obvious if you are asked to compute "scoring percentage".
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