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Old 08-25-2013, 06:04 PM   #57
Jay Random
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Originally Posted by SebC View Post
Agreed on all counts. However, if a "weighted toughness winning factor" were to exist (say, a goals equivalency for hits, blocks, takeways, and giveaways), then the unweighted equivalent would reflect the weighted version to some extent and thus have value.
I can agree with this. However, ricardodw hasn't even begun to do the statistical legwork required. He hasn't established that there is any equivalency between hits, blocks, takeaways, or giveaways and goals for or against. I can't even say he's confusing correlation with causation — because he hasn't even shown the correlation. The scaling factors would arise naturally, if he first proved that there is something to scale.
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