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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7881703" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>That makes perfect sense - it takes very little time in play to get through levels 1 and 2. So, people will plow right through those levels, and them pile up in levels 3-5.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Um... no, they don't! My apologies, but this is a science-literacy point that is highly relevant in today's life, outside of gaming. So... I'm gonna lecture:</p><p></p><p>This is a common thing with charts like this - you have a rounding error to deal with: You have four columns listed as "0%". Those columns <em>do not</em> add up to 0%. Or to "negligible". By common rounding procedures, each of those columns could be up to <em>just below</em> half a percent each, and so together could add up to nearly 2%, which is not negligible.</p><p></p><p>This is true for <em>every column</em> actually - that 6% at 8th level might be like 6.45%. You can even see this in the chart - look at 9th and 10th levels - both listed at 4%, but clearly visually different heights!</p><p></p><p>When you are in the single-digits, the tenths place can matter if you are summing columns, so you can't do that off the chart - you <em><strong>need the data to sum over columns</strong></em> in this data set to have confidence in the results. You can make significant errors if you go off the column labels. Don't do it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7881703, member: 177"] That makes perfect sense - it takes very little time in play to get through levels 1 and 2. So, people will plow right through those levels, and them pile up in levels 3-5. Um... no, they don't! My apologies, but this is a science-literacy point that is highly relevant in today's life, outside of gaming. So... I'm gonna lecture: This is a common thing with charts like this - you have a rounding error to deal with: You have four columns listed as "0%". Those columns [I]do not[/I] add up to 0%. Or to "negligible". By common rounding procedures, each of those columns could be up to [I]just below[/I] half a percent each, and so together could add up to nearly 2%, which is not negligible. This is true for [I]every column[/I] actually - that 6% at 8th level might be like 6.45%. You can even see this in the chart - look at 9th and 10th levels - both listed at 4%, but clearly visually different heights! When you are in the single-digits, the tenths place can matter if you are summing columns, so you can't do that off the chart - you [I][B]need the data to sum over columns[/B][/I] in this data set to have confidence in the results. You can make significant errors if you go off the column labels. Don't do it! [/QUOTE]
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