If you enter a members challenge you have a 49.2% chance that you will score below average.
If you enter an Open challenge you have a 66.7% chance that you will score below average.
If you enter both member and Open challenges on a regular basis you have a 59% chance that you will score below average.
So when your score is 5.5000 or greater don't complain you are among the best.
NOTE: Average based on a 5.5000 average and figures are gathered from 2006 challenge history based on entry's and how many place above the average in each given challenge. Each stat is broken down between open, member, and overall challenges.
If you enter a members challenge you have a 49.2% chance that you will score below average.
If you enter an Open challenge you have a 66.7% chance that you will score below average.
If you enter both member and Open challenges on a regular basis you have a 59% chance that you will score below average.
So when your score is 5.5000 or greater don't complain you are among the best.
NOTE: Average based on a 5.5000 average and figures are gathered from 2006 challenge history based on entry's and how many place above the average in each given challenge. Each stat is broken down between open, member, and overall challenges.
5.5 is a theoretical average, not the actual average of votes cast.
If you enter a members challenge you have a 49.2% chance that you will score below average.
If you enter an Open challenge you have a 66.7% chance that you will score below average.
Doesn't make any sense. There is a 50% chance of scoring below average and a 50% chance of scoring above average. Of course this is completely disregarding skill!
5.2985 over 468 challenges. From the first challenge to now!
Looking back in the history archives, I would guess that the voting is getting harsher year by year. I don't know if it relates to the rising standards as the site has evolved, or an increase in voters that feel that a third of any challenge deserve 1s
If you enter a members challenge you have a 49.2% chance that you will score below average.
If you enter an Open challenge you have a 66.7% chance that you will score below average.
Doesn't make any sense. There is a 50% chance of scoring below average and a 50% chance of scoring above average. Of course this is completely disregarding skill!
It doesn't make sense IF the distribution of scores is symmetric - but if the distribution is lopsided then it does make sense. That's why mathematicians use the terms "mean", "median" and "mode" instead of "average", to remove ambiguity.
50% of scores will be above the median (middle score), but not neccessarily about the mean (add the scores up and divide by the number of entries - which is what was being referred to here).
After considerable statistical analysis using hypermodern fractal algorythms performed on the latest, greatest parallel processing computers on Earth, the results are IN!...
After considerable statistical analysis using hypermodern fractal algorythms performed on the latest, greatest parallel processing computers on Earth, the results are IN!...
Odds are you will NOT win a ribbon.
Damn, I thought you were going to say the answer is "42". lol
I don't think it is possible to compute your odds of winning, DPC is almost a total crapshoot. I think you can guarantee yourself a very low score by entering total crap images, but serious endeavors to win ribbons are not often met with success. You cannot predict what type image the voters will find appealing for any given challenge, given that the image is technically ok. Technically perfect images always help, but the subject, lighting, and composition must conform to the voter's 'vision du jour' which is totally incomprehensible to me (obvious from my scores!)!
I don't think it is possible to compute your odds of winning, DPC is almost a total crapshoot. I think you can guarantee yourself a very low score by entering total crap images, but serious endeavors to win ribbons are not often met with success. You cannot predict what type image the voters will find appealing for any given challenge, given that the image is technically ok. Technically perfect images always help, but the subject, lighting, and composition must conform to the voter's 'vision du jour' which is totally incomprehensible to me (obvious from my scores!)!
Dude your last one was in the top ten! I would easily win a ribbon if the ones that placed before me hadn't entered:) I'm happy with anything over 6.0, I doubt I will ever when any ribbons but its sure fun to try.
