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From: buzzard@world.std.com (Sean T Barrett)
Subject: Re: Size biases in the comp?
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:53:47 GMT
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Kathleen M. Fischer  <green_gargoyle@my-deja.com> wrote:
>Is there a (possibly subconscious) bias against Inform z8 games in the
>comp?
>
>While reading reviews/posts I got the impression that some people equate
>an Inform z8 game in the comp with "too big".

If there is such a bias on the part of reviewers, it does
not seem to be reflected by the judges; both the size-to-score
ratio test done by somebody (Lucian?) and the scatter plot
I generated showed a pretty good correlation between size
and score, and I don't recall the scatterplot showing any
downward deviation for the largest games.

SeanB
