After talking with enough researchers, I've come to a few conclusions about why some researchers feel embarrassed about their statistical abilities, why they shouldn't, and what they need to become a proficient and confident statistical analyst. The post Essentials of Craft: How to Become a Skilled and Confident Statistical Analyst appeared first on The Analysis Factor.| The Analysis Factor
I hate when people say that the draft is a crapshoot. They’re not entirely wrong. It’s impossible to be a complete developmental determinist given the confluence of factors related to both the drafting team and the mental makeup of the player. These are intuitively important but difficult to decipher without being involved in the draft ... Read more The post The Case for Egor Demin appeared first on Swish Theory.| Swish Theory
With Summer League action kicking off today, we are officially in the portion of the basketball calendar more rife with hot takes and over-reactions than any other time of year. Although we are only a few months removed from watching these rookies play in a structured basketball environment, Summer League tests even the most seasoned ... Read more The post Summer League Primer: A Comprehensive Kon Knueppel Scouting Report appeared first on Swish Theory.| Swish Theory
When you can interpret regression coefficients for all types of predictor variables, you can build more sophisticated and accurate models.| The Analysis Factor
[Note: images may not load if you’re using the WordPress app. Try opening this post in a browser, or reading it on LessWrong.] Thanks to Drake Thomas for feedback. I. Here’s a fun scatter plot. It has two thousand points, which I generated as follows: first, I drew two thousand x-values from a normal distribution … Continue reading How much do you believe your results?→| Unexpected Values
Between my posts on marble sports and beauty pageants, luck versus skill in sports seems to be something of a theme of this blog. Today I want to talk about tennis — but instead of writing de…| Unexpected Values
I FINALLY made time to write something. This piece is about how the Wizards have been better without John Wall, and how he could help them get better yet by making some simple adjustments to how he plays. Specifically: Don’t shoot quite so much. Especially cut back on the two-point jumpers with more than 10 … Continue reading Better Without Wall? My Latest at Bullets Forever→| The First Draft by Kevin Broom
No time for major analysis the next couple weeks, but…here’s the Player Production Average update. It’s not pretty. Player GMS MPG LW PPA Otto Porter 12 35.3 173 177 John Wall 10 33.1 168 167 Marcin Gortat 12 34.8 135 146 Danuel House 1 1.0 119 Bradley Beal 9 32.1 66 92 Sheldon McClellan 6 … Continue reading Wizards Stagger Continues→| The First Draft by Kevin Broom
use of family planning methods is only 66.7% as respnded by currently married women age 15 to 49 years. female sterlization 37.9%, IUD by 2.1% women, pill is used by 5.1%, condom by 9.5%, male sterlization by 0.3%| Swayamkatha
Lean Six Sigma isn’t just about tools; it’s a data-driven mindset rooted in statistical knowledge. Learn how mastering statistics fuels sustainable improvements and success in Lean Six Sigma projects.| Pyzdek Institute
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