It's true some of them (even those ranked lower than you) have one or two
really low ranks and therefore can afford to fluff the other cars somewhat.
And it's true they could have been higher up had they applied themselves
more. The point is: they didn't and they're not.
Regardless, MonsterRank is ranked according to the total for all the chassis
and all the tracks. Therefore it's valid to place even someone who's -100
for the Lotus and +450 in total for the other chassis in your "ability
brackett" as the yardstick is his total of +350. It's also valid to draw
conclusions based on averages on datasets including such extremes as long as
standard deviation is considered.
Also, logic would have it that the cars you've driven the most *should*,
relatively speaking (i.e. compared to an average), also be those with the
"best" chassis ranks.
Time to get some hard data on this, rather than my gut feeling. Americans
love stats, right? -And you're American, so..... <g>
Here's what I did: I made an Excel file listing the Chassis Ranks for all
drivers within about 1 minute of you. As some drivers had apparently
submitted better times without updating their MonsterRank, I extended the
range to 70 seconds on the plus side, so as to not bias it too heavily (and
even that included a guy who'd recently found some 12 seconds). Now, it's
important to remember you're more or less smack in the middle of this
population, i.e. the numbers will show which of your chassis ranks are above
and which are below "average".
LOTUS EAGLE FERRARI HONDA BRABHAM COOPER
BRM
Eldred: 19.67 57.94 25.62 59.30 49.50 55.51
99.05
Average: 21.11 40.41 34.97 73.15 49.70 56.29
82.56
Standard Deviation: 18.22 14.36 16.30 15.99 15.17 11.60
14.79
(on population)
Ok, so I was wrong... you're no weaker than average in the Cooper, no better
than average in the Brabham and whereas I thought your BRM chassis rank was
pretty good, your appreciation was more on target.
However, no matter how illogical it may seem to you, the Honda *is* your
best chassis. You're just within "average minus st.dev", so you're not
exceptionally good (*) at it, but certainly way above average for this
population. Meaning it would take an almost superhuman effort on your part
to improve your MonsterRank through lowering your Honda chassis rank. On the
other hand someone of average ability within the population used for this
statistic (i.e. you, you're smack in the middle, remember?), there's 34secs
waiting to be picked up in the Eagle and the BRM. If I were to choose one
over the other, I'd go for the intrinsically faster chassis, wouldn't you?
;-)
Ok, I'm now going to cane myself for being sad enough to work this out and
then I'm gonna apply this analysys to myself!! <g>
Jan.
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(*) Rem.: unfortunately, being outside "average plus st.dev" conversely does
mean
you're exceptionally bad at the Eagle and the BRM (at least
statistic-
ally <g>).