Re: Sports Statistics
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Jason,
Others have piped in with stuff about sabermetrics and other more advanced stats. Here's the fundamental problem, though.
Most people who are into sports are casual fans and very results-oriented. So, stats about "last minute comebacks" and "touchdowns thrown" and "points per game" are going to always be more prevalent than stats that are actually more significant to the actual outcome.
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Anacedotally, last minute comebacks can tell you a lot about a team, if it happens frequently enough. I suppose the counter arguement is that stats could say the same thing though, and remove the outlyers, right?
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