VG - How does a 2-14-36-38 class rank higher than a 1-4-12 class? Not being critical - just curious about the concept.
Got it - larger class = more points. Kinda suspected that.lol. Yeah, I know I'm going to hear about that.
It's a point system.
Louisville's players are 994,840,702,637
UConn's are 997,962,899
A school's point total is 60% the sum + 40% the average of the players.
It used to be 100% sum, so this is an attempt to better reward smaller, high-quality classes.
I may need to reconsider this for future years. But it's a difficult balancing act.
My first reaction was why reward the sheer fact of more bodies at all?It used to be 100% sum, so this is an attempt to better reward smaller, high-quality classes.
I may need to reconsider this for future years. But it's a difficult balancing act.
My first reaction was why reward the sheer fact of more bodies at all?
Agreed. That was the point of my second sentence.If you do a pure average, then the best possible class would be the #1 player alone.
But surely that's not better than a class with the #2, #3, #4, and #5 players.
Thanks for using a word this dummy has never seen.Agreed. That was the point of my second sentence.
Still, the weighting is a tricky business. Requires an ongoing heuristic approach.
2 for sureWhich class would you rather have between #1 and #2 ?
Dictionary better than thesaurus.Thanks for using a word this dummy has never seen.
Can't you dumb it down a little?
http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/heuristic
Yeah, but there has to be a word you could have used so I wouldn't have to look it up. I bet most posters here couldn't give you the definition of that word.Dictionary better than thesaurus.
"3. of, pertaining to, or based on experimentation, evaluation, or trial-and-error methods."
I mean the experiment, trial-and-error, method by which VG is developing his system -- a work in progress.
When the current formula produces a result that would strike most people as intuitively wrong, you consider making adjustments.
Yeah, but there has to be a word you could have used so I wouldn't have to look it up.
thanks for the info!Hey! Cal is still in the running for Sam Fuehring, too! She took an official to Berkeley last weekend. ;-P
Much better.