Re: Coefficient of Variation
The coefficient of variation is a measure of relative dispersion and is used more to measure the variability or diversity between two different data sets. In relation to poker it would have more validity if used for comparison between different games to calculate a ‘dispersion value’ for a comparasion - say between 20/40 holdem and 20/40 stud. I don’t see that it has much value beyond the usual calculated STD within a single data set for a particular game unless, perhaps, you have a tremendous amount of data. Further, how would you apply the number derived, would the value really have a meaningful application to your game? Am I wrong in any of the above assumptions? If so, please explain. Thanks.
-Zeno
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