On 29/04/2013 20:39, Sam Hartman wrote:
For what it's worth, I'm not finding the current discussion is providing me useful information for making decisions. It doesn't really matter to me whether the problem is selection of WG chairs or selection of IAB/IESG/IAOC after WG chairs are selected. I think it is valuable to attempt to improve both situations in parallel, and the sorts of conclusions being drawn from the statistical discussion we're currently having cannot possibly change my opinion on that issue. I'm not saying that my mind is closed to being changed; simply that I've considered all the possible conclusions that I think could be drawn from the analysis being considered and from my standpoint they don't affect how I'd feel about various proposals that could be brought forward. Which I guess speaks to John's point that I at least am a member of the community who doesn't think the hard statistical analysis is useful here.
Sam, Why would you disregard a statistical analysis? That seems akin to disregarding the fundamentals of science and engineering. Stewart