Matt Nicholson
@mattnicholson.bsky.social
PhD Student at CU Boulder studying how people quantify the intangible. I mainly post about sports!
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Jackie Robinson and the Twisted Mirror
by Steven Goldman (@stevengoldman.bsky.social)
by Steven Goldman (@stevengoldman.bsky.social)
Jackie Robinson and the Twisted Mirror | Baseball Prospectus
An aggressive Orwellian politics intrudes into baseball (whether you’d prefer to stick to sports or not).
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March 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Jackie Robinson and the Twisted Mirror
by Steven Goldman (@stevengoldman.bsky.social)
by Steven Goldman (@stevengoldman.bsky.social)
“… everybody ought to spend more time wondering about the quality, accuracy, and limits of the data they obtain…or at least, before they bet the proverbial farm on it.”
Solid and widely applicable advice!
Data are made, not found — pretending otherwise can get you into trouble very quickly.
Solid and widely applicable advice!
Data are made, not found — pretending otherwise can get you into trouble very quickly.
NEW EXTRA POINTS
All the fighting about Indiana and SOS reminded me that CFB SOS is a deeply flawed stat. There's simply not enough quality data.
But SO MUCH of this industry is propped up by very flawed stats. Everybody should ask more questions about them:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/there-s-no...
All the fighting about Indiana and SOS reminded me that CFB SOS is a deeply flawed stat. There's simply not enough quality data.
But SO MUCH of this industry is propped up by very flawed stats. Everybody should ask more questions about them:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/there-s-no...
There's no point in being Data-Driven if your data actually sucks
On strength of schedule, better decision-making and a major trend of 2024
www.extrapointsmb.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:52 PM
“… everybody ought to spend more time wondering about the quality, accuracy, and limits of the data they obtain…or at least, before they bet the proverbial farm on it.”
Solid and widely applicable advice!
Data are made, not found — pretending otherwise can get you into trouble very quickly.
Solid and widely applicable advice!
Data are made, not found — pretending otherwise can get you into trouble very quickly.
Reposted by Matt Nicholson
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May 25, 2023 at 7:31 PM
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