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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Statistics Can Lie… Sometimes
Just wanted to pass along this post, which I think does a neat job of describing why some scientific studies seem to disagree from week to week (have some wine! no, don’t have wine! coffee is good for you! caffeine … Continue reading
A Quick Thought on Plus/Minus
The Wages of Wins guys have a post on plus/minus over at their blog, and Tango has something of a reply post over at his blog. I thought I would throw in my two cents.
The Better Team Doesn’t Always Win
There’s an interesting post over at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective on the accuracy of the power rankings for ESPN versus Football Outsider’s. I mostly just wanted to point to it, but I have a couple thoughts below.
Randy Moss is Pretty Good
Before the Super Bowl Randy Moss got some headlines for saying that he’s the greatest receiver ever to play the game. Not surprisingly he caught some flack for that, probably because he forgot that his current team used to have … Continue reading
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Super Bowl Recap
I watched the Super Bowl last night with a few friends and when the game was over, they were all either disappointed or unimpressed with the game. I think it’s because no one had a vested interest and so they … Continue reading
Accuracy and Precision
As I’ve been thinking about my football models and their less-than-stellar season of predictions, I was reminded about the distinction between accuracy and precision. Depending on the circumstances, those two words can mean a lot of different things. If you’re … Continue reading
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