Too, too sexy.
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#42That looks nice. You could improve things a lot by using even a simple model to account for opponent quality, home field advantage, etc.: a simple fixed-effects regression model with team-level effects would be one approach and would take only a few lines of R code.
For an example, look at: http://www.pseudotrue.com/details which is my blog, so this is a pretty shameless plug but I don't really know of a different reference.
The point of using model isn't because you believe the model is true or expect it to necessarily be accurate, but because it can give you a better measure than just looking at (say) yards per game.
But your site is cool as is, so good job.
edit: tweaked URL to point to the right page.
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#43really nicely done, would love to see NFL stats
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#44Too, too sexy.
Yeah, I think it's trying to hard in this regard. It's got a nice clean look, but the font can be a little more traditional, and the dark background with glowing buttons makes it look more like a toy than something used for serious analysis.
It seems geared to comparing conferences and not arbitrary matchups. I was expecting to be able to compare any 2 teams. I'm sure you're working on it.
Good job presenting the data though.
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#45Too, too sexy.
Yeah, I think it's trying to hard in this regard. It's got a nice clean look, but the font can be a little more traditional, and the dark background with glowing buttons makes it look more like a toy than something used for serious analysis. It seems geared to comparing conferences and not arbitrary matchups. I was expecting to be able to compare any 2 teams. I'm sure you're working on it. Good job presenting the dat…
Of course you can compare any two teams - click on the logo and select the team(s) you want.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, I think it's trying to hard in this regard. It's got a nice clean look, but the font can be a little more traditional, and the dark background with glowing buttons makes it look more like a toy than something used for serious analysis. It seems geared to comparing conferences and not arbitrary matchups. I was expecting to be able to compare any 2 teams. I'm sure you're working on it. Good job presenting the dat…
Of course you can compare any two teams - click on the logo and select the team(s) you want.
I can only select one at a time. And it's not obvious that the NCAA logo is a button.
How can I see a Matchup between Cal and Stanford, like you have for Miami and Florida St.?
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of course you can compare any two teams - click on the logo and select the team(s) you want.
I can only select one at a time. And it's not obvious that the NCAA logo is a button. How can I see a Matchup between Cal and Stanford, like you have for Miami and Florida St.?
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can only select one at a time. And it's not obvious that the NCAA logo is a button. How can I see a Matchup between Cal and Stanford, like you have for Miami and Florida St.?
http://statmilk.com/NCAAF/MatchUp/107/674/
Ah, how silly of me. You told me to just click on the logos and I was just clicking on them on the wrong tab. However, you really need to put more time into the design of that feature, and that select "button". I know you have a splash screen explaining "select a team", but there's no affordances for the user who overlooks that instruction and is looking to achieve the same thing I was. A simple mouse over effect would help big time.
BTW, on the "Matchups" page, I was expecting to see more than one. You might want a featured list somewhere on that page to make it easier to load this week's big games.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://statmilk.com/NCAAF/MatchUp/107/674/
Ah, how silly of me. You told me to just click on the logos and I was just clicking on them on the wrong tab. However, you really need to put more time into the design of that feature, and that select "button". I know you have a splash screen explaining "select a team", but there's no affordances for the user who overlooks that instruction and is looking to achieve the same thing I was. A simple mouse over effect wou…
Addressing both issues this week - thanks for the feedback.