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Unread 27-01-2016, 01:23
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Re: How many times is enough to prove consistency?

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Originally Posted by Chief Hedgehog View Post
Once is luck; three times is a trend. However, to accomplish a task without human error is consistency.

Since this is a game involving humans, there is no true measure of consistency.
While you present a great theory, scouting depends on some sort of measurement. I am trying to consider a good compromise in order to minimize data accumulated and still determine consistency to a predictable degree. For me, if I saw a robot cross 5 times successfully, I would trust them to continue doing it (as long as those 5 crosses were not among a sea of failures, and the trend does not change sporadically throughout the competition). Hanging, I would want to make sure they make it every time.

Honestly, I don't expect teams to be particularly inconsistent with the defenses they are intending to cross. Either they will cross or they won't. But now that I say that, the opposite will probably happen.
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