Stabilizing Methods for Probable Yields

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Alice Could See Cool Smoothing Techniques

Average
Cushioning
Splitting
Caping
Smoothing
Transition Rules

Comments

  • grahamgraham

    Nice! I made a small change then modified the BattleCard. Thx!

  • cornedovcornedov

    I just wanted to point out that these 6 stabilizing methods are not all for probable yields. There are two sections in the source where they discuss stabilizing methods, one is for premium rates and the other is for probable yields.

    Methods used for probable yields include averaging, smoothing, cushioning and capping.

    Methods used for premium rates are averaging, splitting, transition rules and capping.

    This question was asked in spring 2017 and the examiners report only shows the first 4 as an accepted answer for probable yields. Its possible they would have accepted all 6 as possible answers but I wanted to point out that Transition rules and splitting are somewhat specific to premium and may be difficult to apply to probable yields.

  • grahamgraham

    Thanks for pointing that out. You’re totally right—those methods are used differently depending on whether we're talking about probable yields or premium rates. For probable yields, the main ones are averaging, smoothing, cushioning, and capping. On the other hand, splitting and transition rules are more specific to premium rates.

    It makes sense that the 2017 examiners focused on the first four methods for probable yields. While all six might technically be valid, splitting and transition rules really do make more sense in the context of stabilizing premium rates, and it would be a bit of a stretch to apply them to yields.

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