Equation 25 · Part 1 · A Showdown Ladder Rating Measures the Ladder, Not the Player
Symbol R
What this part means
R is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
R is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
Everything derived above about RD is a reliability result. RD tells a player, correctly, how much noise sits around their current R given how much and how recently they have played. It says nothing about whether R itself is estimating a portable trait called “skill at this game” that would produce the same number if the same player sat down against the same population under different competitive conditions. That second…
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