Comments on: The People’s Statistic Project http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-peoples-statistic-project/ Anything but arbitrary. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:22:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nash http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-peoples-statistic-project/#comment-257 Nash Thu, 08 May 2008 04:09:56 +0000 http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-257 I see that column now. Good project. Results are pretty in the pocket at the moment. I see that column now.

Good project.

Results are pretty in the pocket at the moment.

]]> By: Nash http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-peoples-statistic-project/#comment-256 Nash Thu, 08 May 2008 01:53:35 +0000 http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-256 I now see what I asked about way to right on leaderboard spreadsheet but that isn't visible unless you scroll right. Maybe add another google spreadsheet page for this? I now see what I asked about way to right on leaderboard spreadsheet but that isn’t visible unless you scroll right. Maybe add another google spreadsheet page for this?

]]> By: Nash http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-peoples-statistic-project/#comment-255 Nash Thu, 08 May 2008 01:48:57 +0000 http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-255 Ok. Would be nice to see categories next to weights. On the google spreadsheet I just see what I think are the average weights where the labels were, but aren't now, having been overwritten. Am I missing something? This should be very prominent and very easy to find. Ok.

Would be nice to see categories next to weights. On the google spreadsheet I just see what I think are the average weights where the labels were, but aren’t now, having been overwritten. Am I missing something? This should be very prominent and very easy to find.

]]> By: rapidadverbssuck http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-peoples-statistic-project/#comment-254 rapidadverbssuck Wed, 07 May 2008 23:53:13 +0000 http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-254 Well, if you investigate the page where I do the weight conversion, you'll see that I do somewhat of a little trick: first, I normalize all the weights relative to the weight of Points (which is why points is always equal to 1), and take the absolute value. Then, when I'm adding all the stats together to get the PS values, I subtract the bad things, and add the good things. If we can't all agree that a missed shot is bad, and an offensive rebound is good, I think there's no hope for consensus. So I figured this would be ok to do. This is useful, because it makes it unimportant whether or not respondents take it upon themselves to make things negative. Also, for what it's worth, my way of averaging and weighting everything isn't the be all and end all statistic--it's just useful for the time being. The data is available for anyone to use... someone might, for example, construct a scaling using the modal (i.e. "most popular" ) response for each stat, etc. etc. Thanks for participating, and spread the word! Well, if you investigate the page where I do the weight conversion, you’ll see that I do somewhat of a little trick: first, I normalize all the weights relative to the weight of Points (which is why points is always equal to 1), and take the absolute value. Then, when I’m adding all the stats together to get the PS values, I subtract the bad things, and add the good things. If we can’t all agree that a missed shot is bad, and an offensive rebound is good, I think there’s no hope for consensus. So I figured this would be ok to do. This is useful, because it makes it unimportant whether or not respondents take it upon themselves to make things negative. Also, for what it’s worth, my way of averaging and weighting everything isn’t the be all and end all statistic–it’s just useful for the time being. The data is available for anyone to use… someone might, for example, construct a scaling using the modal (i.e. “most popular” ) response for each stat, etc. etc. Thanks for participating, and spread the word!

]]> By: Nash http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-peoples-statistic-project/#comment-253 Nash Wed, 07 May 2008 23:48:00 +0000 http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-253 a fair number of folks are forgetting the negative sign for negative acts. maybe remind them about in the stat writeup more prominently or convert values to negative where it "should" be? the mistakes might have a fairly large effect unless folks get the hang of it a fair number of folks are forgetting the negative sign for negative acts. maybe remind them about in the stat writeup more prominently or convert values to negative where it “should” be? the mistakes might have a fairly large effect unless folks get the hang of it

]]> By: joejoejoe http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-peoples-statistic-project/#comment-252 joejoejoe Wed, 07 May 2008 23:20:15 +0000 http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-252 This is cool. Is there anyway to add a feature where you can see how players rank under the values that you submit? This is cool. Is there anyway to add a feature where you can see how players rank under the values that you submit?

]]> By: rapidadverbssuck http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-peoples-statistic-project/#comment-251 rapidadverbssuck Wed, 07 May 2008 20:56:46 +0000 http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-251 Good call. I just went in, and someone had made pfs worth 20,000,000. So I capped them at +/- 10. I figured that way, people could make a big impact, but no one person could decide the whole thing. Good call. I just went in, and someone had made pfs worth 20,000,000. So I capped them at +/- 10. I figured that way, people could make a big impact, but no one person could decide the whole thing.

]]> By: Parameter http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-peoples-statistic-project/#comment-250 Parameter Wed, 07 May 2008 20:43:42 +0000 http://arbitrarian.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-250 Limit values to -5 to 5 or something like that. No action is worth more than 2 successful possessions. Limit values to -5 to 5 or something like that. No action is worth more than 2 successful possessions.

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