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Old 10-04-2017, 02:07 PM   #65
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Originally Posted by Metro Gnome View Post
With any of this stuff, the question to ask is always "how predictive are out stats/model? What are our assumptions and are they helping us improve our success rate?"

It sounds simple, but it's a huge challenge in a rigidly top-down culture like hockey.
Totally agree, unconscious biases turn into answers looking for a question.

Analytics are only as good as the questions they ask. Better questions enable better answers. People are also frequently asked unaware of the difference between descriptive, predictive, & prescriptive data analysis . Fans asks questions like who is better or who will win while teams are going deeper into why a player or team does well or doesn't and when.
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