Can you give me my z-score (standard deviations above the mean)?

johnnybird2

Game: freecell
Game #: 1769018601

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What would you like to see?

johnnybird2

Could you post a player's Z-score when finished with a game?

johnnybird2

You've got all the data. It would be simple to program and post the z-score and more helpful than just the rank.

fingsaint

Hi @johnnybird2 for the score to be meaningful wouldn’t the population have to be comprised of individual scores rather than green felt’s population of multiple scores by individuals?

I’m sure it’s doable but it would involve a lot of filtering and even then it wouldn’t be 100% certain that the population wasn’t diluted.

justhere

Pardon my stupidity but what is a z-score? Just curious. The longer I hang around you computer geniuses, the more confused I get.

fingsaint

Hi @justhere it’s a statistical measurement which tells you where your score stands in comparison to the overall average score i.e. it lets you know if your score is better or worse than most other players

justhere

Oh, ok fingsaint. Thank you.

lcc123

I would like to see this also, for all games played not just freecell.

azgal

Oh goody! One more way to judge me.

gmaterre

Can't those that want to know, just figure it out themselves?

binky3

Can you think of any thing else you crave @Ice123?

Arborist

@gmaterre What @johnnybird2 is asking for requires knowing all scores for the game played, and users don’t have access to that.

I think this has come up before. Computing this in a meaningful way is probably not possible for a number of reasons, e.g. accounting for games that are abandoned rather than finished.