Avocados Number wrote:
Of course, all of this talk about normal and Gaussian distributions is a bit of a diversion from the main point, which "not so fast buddy" continually dances around--
The point is, Kelly ran a time that is validly supported to equal 1:02+ for a man (to put it in perspective for the men out there), and certainly ranks her high enough to compete with some of the best in the world.
Mercier calculator is a silly little toy that produces nothing remotely close to a reasonable assessment of athletic performances. Nobody on this thread has yet come up with any cogent defense of the Mercier calculator.
See post above (along with the other gazillion times I've objectively defended it). Using words such as "silly little toy" doesn't give you much of a credible defense for your supposed argument.