ResearchBuzz: FirehoseFound on Reddit: Screwball. From the front page: “The smartest sports stat search. Ask your MLB or NBA stat questions in plain English, get real-time answers.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/10/screwball-sports-stats-search-engine/
Mark GalassiLooking for someone who does research in sports statistics / sabermetrics. This is to talk about projects for high school students doing research internships. Any leads?
#statistics #sabermetrics #sportsstats #research #FOSS #education
#statistics #sabermetrics #sportsstats #research #FOSS #education
AttiqCommentators are always throwing out cryptic stars, but what do they mean?
Dave demystifyies some of them in his latest tour of ten.
#sportsstats
#sports
#mlb
#nfl
#nhl
#nba
https://attiq.ca/statistics/tour-of-ten-sports-statistics-edition/
Glen DowntonMy final standing in #ESPN's footy tipping comp for the year. Not sure all of those 800k+ accounts are actually participating each week, but I'll take it.
If there are any footy maths nerds here, I stuck strictly to the results of an Elo rating model as described here [http://www.matterofstats.com/mafl-stats-journal/2013/10/13/building-your-own-team-rating-system.html]. Can't argue with the data!
Gotta give a shout out to Tony Corke of @MatterOfStats who gives out so much helpful information for free.
Building Your Own Team Rating System — Matter of Stats
Just before the 2nd Round of 2008 I created MAFL's Team Ratings System, MARS, never suspecting that I'd still be writing about it 5 years later. At the time, I described MARS in the newsletter for that week in a document still available from the Newsletters 2005-2008 section section of this website