tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816079077396500265.post6142774383946000849..comments2023-06-08T11:22:40.299-05:00Comments on EleanorAve: Droning onEleanorAvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07495658124424730131noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816079077396500265.post-36975181582949672972012-11-12T07:29:31.946-06:002012-11-12T07:29:31.946-06:00As much of a fan I am of quantifying parameters, I...As much of a fan I am of quantifying parameters, I feel the analogy used (and extended) here of taking two players' stats at a particular moment serves as any basis of comparison. <br /><br />Now I don't know no nothing about no baseball but right away the numbers seem suspect. For each of these percentages, what was the n used to arrive at them? How does this n compare to the n of previous seasons? For this averages, what are they like normalized to the league, the player's best season, the player's average, to the team average? Assuming there have been multiple seasons for each player, what does it look like to plot each player's seasonal averages as a function of time? Is there an observable trend? How well can a simple fit be made and do the current values reside within it?<br /><br />You could even say that a player does not a team make and see how the stats of each player's teams have changed since the players joined them. Or from a team owner's perspective, how much has revenue on a variety of fronts (television, merchandise, ticket sales, etc) changed with each player? <br /><br />These are all details that matter. Without context, facts mislead and statistics obfuscate. Of course I don't expect you to write a dissertation on this blog about the comparison of baseball player stats and presidential candidates, but only rant to suggest that we all understand that our interpretations of situations is limited by the context in which we can find and work with facts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290179929586858785noreply@blogger.com