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re: Westbrook Scored tMost Points in a Triple Double in NBA History
Posted on 3/30/17 at 11:31 am to Boomshockalocka
Posted on 3/30/17 at 11:31 am to Boomshockalocka
quote:It's essentially impossible to truly quantify those odds since there are so many potential scenarios, and even it you just focused on the likely scenarios, it would require assumptions based on a limited sample of previous voting patterns, that are not equally applicable from year to year.
I'm not a professional statistician but the odds gotta be worse than 1 in 10,000. Maybe someone can assist.
So we can maybe narrow it down to 10 potential candidates to get a vote, estimate the likelihood that each one would get a vote each one of the 5 places, and then do a bunch of simulations (say 100,000) and see how many times it results in a tie.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 11:33 am
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Posted on 3/30/17 at 11:36 am to buckeye_vol
Yep. The number of possible ballots is endless. Even if you say only 10 players will receive any votes and 6 of those player will receive only 5th place votes the chances of it ending up tied with over 100 pollsters is minuscule.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 11:38 am
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