I agree Robin. It has been suggested Gambaccini disagreed with the choice of RR, so I thought it was interesting to hear him defend it.
You said you had done some analysis about the two methods of awarding points to compose composite charts - upwards and downwards. Did you come to the same conclusion I did that there is no inherent difference between the two methods? Upwards gives zero points to a record outside the Top 30; downwards gives 31 points. My contention is that zero is equivalent to 31, nether is better than the other. If you discovered that a record outside the Top 30 was actually at number 40, both methods are 9 points out; upwards should have awarded minus 9 points (instead of zero) and downwards should have awarded 40 points (instead of 31).
You said you had done some analysis about the two methods of awarding points to compose composite charts - upwards and downwards. Did you come to the same conclusion I did that there is no inherent difference between the two methods? Upwards gives zero points to a record outside the Top 30; downwards gives 31 points. My contention is that zero is equivalent to 31, nether is better than the other. If you discovered that a record outside the Top 30 was actually at number 40, both methods are 9 points out; upwards should have awarded minus 9 points (instead of zero) and downwards should have awarded 40 points (instead of 31).
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