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Originally Posted by Angelo DiTocco

Lynn

The problem though, with this is this assumption is.... Your analysis is only as reliable as the data that goes into it.... This would only be a completely fair comparison if variables such as equal preparation of engines.... and the certainty that everyone in the data set were running all out.... and we know this can't be assured.

In NHRA's defense... At the time they did listen and discuss this possibility at length ... however due to the difficulty or even impossibility of contolling for these variables they didn't feel it could work, and I can't say I don't agree.

I agree with you Angelo in principle your suggestion seems to be right on target, however, I dont agree with what NHRA implemented. The current system does not follow the rules of simple science nor statistics. Any system is subject to data going in including the current system. So the only justification they provide is the justification to do nothing. There is no justification for doing it wrong against the rules of proper statistics.

If they are going to use that justification for not doing proper statistics, then it is the same justification for not doing the current method. As I have stated on here many times, if we used this kind of science in the medical field not many people would survive. This is rudimentary science a fifth grader can understand.

I just hope we can do it better this time around. It is so simple to do it right and so difficult and costly to do it wrong.~~Lynn