tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post3320364470023972034..comments2023-11-05T04:16:44.937-05:00Comments on Advanced Football Analytics (formerly Advanced NFL Stats): Tables vs. GraphsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-65839022330151078032011-04-09T16:03:01.177-04:002011-04-09T16:03:01.177-04:00I've been playing with a graphics library call...I've been playing with a graphics library called Graph::Clicker, a Perl module. Not as fancy as the above but far better than gnuplot. Downloadable from CPAN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-66690001925786473352011-03-04T22:37:26.492-05:002011-03-04T22:37:26.492-05:00dr. obvious-
thanks for the links. interesting st...dr. obvious-<br /><br />thanks for the links. interesting stuff, and -- i agree -- a better analysis than the one cited in my link. i'm not an economist by any stretch, so take these critiques with a grain of salt, and enlighten me where necessary:<br /><br />1) while i obviously agree with the idea that the US's orders-of-magnitude nation-level superiority in GDP (PPP) warrants a state-level analysis, i have reservations about the prudence of breaking down the US economy into 50 state economies. as illustrated by the charts on the link, it seems self-evident that the GDPs of the individual US states are highly interrelated, which is what we'd expect given the amount of interstate commerce that takes place among the states. it seems somewhat methodologically flawed (from my non-economist perspective) to treat the states as independent data points when interstate commmerce, by definition, renders the state-specific economies as dependent on the other state economies.<br /><br />2) although the statistical argument does hold sway with me, the write-up seems a tad influenced by an anti-universal-coverage agenda (and conspicuously-so).Florida Dannyhttp://www.ninersnation.com/section/statistical-preview-and-renoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-40164942004649189602011-03-04T12:22:13.532-05:002011-03-04T12:22:13.532-05:00He is prefers graphs.He is prefers graphs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-64506534803021111102011-03-02T15:52:09.493-05:002011-03-02T15:52:09.493-05:00what the heck is JMM talking aboutwhat the heck is JMM talking aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-17930021771402885902011-03-01T00:32:52.389-05:002011-03-01T00:32:52.389-05:00I can't believe I just read an entire post abo...I can't believe I just read an entire post about the advantages that graphs have over charts. And we wonder why more NFL coaches aren't interested in statistics.Doctorjortshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708231582042218526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-11962084450665873122011-02-27T10:12:06.956-05:002011-02-27T10:12:06.956-05:00Well, to bring the discussion back to visual NFL s...Well, to bring the discussion back to visual NFL stats, let me pose a definition of momentum. Momentum is the portion of a game graph where a peak to a trough covers more than 2 drives by each team. (see the SB graph from 3:10 of the second to 6:42 of the third where Pitt had "momentum" and the period onward when GB arguably had it. The three spikes can, and should be debated.<br /><br />I am prefer graphs.JMMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-7171056594699917562011-02-25T21:27:26.646-05:002011-02-25T21:27:26.646-05:00Florida Danny
Interesting link. I know we're ...Florida Danny<br /><br />Interesting link. I know we're getting off NFL here (hey, it's the offseason) but one interesting point to note about health spending is that if you plot the US's historic spend on those graphs, it's always above the European cloud of points i.e. for any given GDP/capita, the US spends more on healthcare than any other OECD country.<br /><br />If you plot the same for Norway, one of those on the far right, you see that as GDP/capita grew, healthcare spend in Norway went pretty much straight though the non-US cloud. The implication seems to be that it's the US and not Norway that's the outlier in this dataset.Ian Simcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01518825067469269377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-9108364395402707492011-02-25T16:04:46.371-05:002011-02-25T16:04:46.371-05:00Florida Danny - You may find these two links inter...Florida Danny - You may find these two links interesting. Part 2 especially.<br /><br />http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2007/09/redefining-health-care-debate-part-1.html<br /><br />http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2009/07/redefining-health-care-debate-part-2.html<br /><br />Brian - Please excuse the slightly off topic nature compared to your original post.Dr Obvioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966038406811006557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-7087034183436243692011-02-25T10:05:39.021-05:002011-02-25T10:05:39.021-05:00couldn't agree with you more, brian. here'...couldn't agree with you more, brian. here's another perfect example, though not sports-related (health care spending vs. per-capita GDP for OECD countries):<br /><br />http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/sure-its-got-to-go-up-but-how-much/<br /><br />i've never seen that basic data-driven idea about the US conveyed so powerfully and succinctly all at once. i don't really understand why politicians don't go all ross perot on us anymore. i bet if obama had put that graph up on the screen during the healthcare debate, he'd have had a lot more popular support at the time.Florida Dannyhttp://www.ninersnation.com/section/statistical-preview-and-renoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-34417164723814575042011-02-23T20:20:18.828-05:002011-02-23T20:20:18.828-05:00Something you might want to consider is using RApa...Something you might want to consider is using RApache. It is a nice method of putting all of your data in one place and allows a lot of ad-hoc analysis. It is also powered by R statistics package so there is a lot of horsepower to run statistical analysis.Larryhttp://industrialengineertools.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-52025139950810261372011-02-23T13:36:58.756-05:002011-02-23T13:36:58.756-05:00Should be the correct graph now.Should be the correct graph now.Brian Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371470711365236987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-73900931979379982582011-02-23T13:32:49.757-05:002011-02-23T13:32:49.757-05:00Oops. Sorry wrong graph. You get the idea. The Fla...Oops. Sorry wrong graph. You get the idea. The Flash stuff is 'XML/SWF Charts', same thing I use for the WP graphs.<br /><br />http://www.maani.us/xml_charts/index.phpBrian Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371470711365236987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-90459800500983450112011-02-23T13:30:36.523-05:002011-02-23T13:30:36.523-05:00wrong graph for first one, you're graphing off...wrong graph for first one, you're graphing offense vs defense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-57963041398898033832011-02-23T12:41:27.387-05:002011-02-23T12:41:27.387-05:00What sort of software packages are you using for t...What sort of software packages are you using for this work? What API for the flash stuff?DSMok1http://godismyjudgeok.com/DStatsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-24412355335201048892011-02-23T12:27:00.530-05:002011-02-23T12:27:00.530-05:00are the axes properly labeled?are the axes properly labeled?Ericnoreply@blogger.com