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Top three things to reduce ES and SD
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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2254994" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>The point of the statistics is in their predictive value. When first round hits count (hunting or scored comps), doing everything to make that first round hit is all that matters. Group size does not matter (we use it to confirm the predictive statistics, but a group has no impact on the next shot taken), all that counts is the next single shot going where it needs to go. And since there's no empirical way to know until it's sent, the statistics are used to describe the odds that the bullet will go where it needs to go. </p><p></p><p>The majority of shooting statistics are pointless anyways because there's no standard population size for describing ES or SD, very few people talk about confidence levels, and essentially no one shoots enough data points for positive correlation. We can rule out certain combinations, but positively confirming the impact of adjustments is very difficult. </p><p></p><p>The good news is the same statistics that tells us our ES and SD is BS also tells us ammo only matters for about 10% of the overall picture anyways - half of shooting better is making better wind and range calls, and most of the rest is picking the right chambering for the job in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2254994, member: 116181"] The point of the statistics is in their predictive value. When first round hits count (hunting or scored comps), doing everything to make that first round hit is all that matters. Group size does not matter (we use it to confirm the predictive statistics, but a group has no impact on the next shot taken), all that counts is the next single shot going where it needs to go. And since there's no empirical way to know until it's sent, the statistics are used to describe the odds that the bullet will go where it needs to go. The majority of shooting statistics are pointless anyways because there's no standard population size for describing ES or SD, very few people talk about confidence levels, and essentially no one shoots enough data points for positive correlation. We can rule out certain combinations, but positively confirming the impact of adjustments is very difficult. The good news is the same statistics that tells us our ES and SD is BS also tells us ammo only matters for about 10% of the overall picture anyways - half of shooting better is making better wind and range calls, and most of the rest is picking the right chambering for the job in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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