Deflate-gate triggers stat spat as analysts attempt to solve why Patriots don't fumble

sports.yahoo.com ^ | 01/28/2015 | By Eric Adelson

[RetSignman]

.You mean CHALK!
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My guess it’s probably highest-quality magnesium carbonate for maximum sweat absorption and friction...not just plain CHALK.

[lepton]

His statistics are atrocious. Worse than Michael Mann.

much more obvious mess than it is worth the time to write out, but here are some analysis that hit the high points.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/your-guide-to-deflate-gateballghazi-related-statistical-analyses/

http://regressing.deadspin.com/why-those-statistics-about-the-patriots-fumbles-are-mos-1681805710/+kylenw

And

http://tomhayden3.com/2015/01/24/patriots/

There are more detailed ones available as well.

[Delta Dawn]

I heard that oregano does wonders...

[lepton]

Some noticed. I’d read the report already. It was junk.

It starts here and only gets worse:

“Yesterday I investigated whether or not the New England Patriots outperform expectations in bad weather.”

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“Broadly, this is true, though we would argue that’s a very liberal use of the word “investigated.” To be frank, it was a fishy analysis. And when asked about it, the author actually admitted it used “very inexact data.” “

http://regressing.deadspin.com/why-those-statistics-about-the-patriots-fumbles-are-mos-1681805710/+kylenw

See previous post for more links.

The author of the original article did bad math and bad statistics on sloppy data...with a bunch of cherry-picking thrown in.

[lepton]

Even his star RB’s?............

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Especially his star running backs.

On the other hand, while Green-Ellis didn’t fumble while with the Patriots, he also didn’t fumble in college.

[danamco]

And an under deflated will NOT roll far either!!!

[1010RD]

Democrat.