The Democratic debate had 20 candidates to arrange over two days, 10 per day. There were 3 subgroups, 10 candidates, 6 candidates and 4. So for the 10 candidate group, 5 would be chosen randomly for day 1 and 5 chosen for day 2. Same idea for the other two subgroups.
Q1. How many total arrangements are possible, where days are included (i.e, Way x day 1 and same Way x day 2 are 2 arrangements)?
Q2. From a “strategic” viewpoint, should a candidate prefer day 1 or day 2?
Moderator: Q2 might seem off-topic, if so delete; but to me it’s somewhat analogous to discussing position advantage in poker.
Moderator: Q2 might seem off-topic, if so delete; but to me it’s somewhat analogous to discussing position advantage in poker.
While it is true that 2+2 moderators are overly-officious basement-dwelling jerks (or so I have been told), the Probability Forum is akin to the Old Wild West where just about anything goes!