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But on the other hand I do loves me a pretty graph! Well done Hadyn.

This week: Aofa for Woodcock (yellow card) at 45 min

Also this can't be true because Afoa can't replace Woodcock if he's off for a yellow card. So what really happened was Woodcock came off and then at the first scrum Afoa replaced Kaino and Nonu stepped into the scrum…

Yes they do. Haydn just hasn't incorporated them.

You will notice the piece in the original post where I mentioned not liking data entry. If someone wants to make me a spreadsheet...

Can I haz regressions with confidence limits fitted?

Possibly, though that harder than just generating a bar chart

Now that Keith is back, maybe he could write a critique and rip it to shreds?

Yes they do. Haydn just hasn't incorporated them.
From the Ireland game from Tracey's page:

DANGNABBIT!

But [and I'm saying this because the injury thing got me thinking] Tracey's stats don't contain amount of time on the field do they?

Yes they do. Haydn just hasn't incorporated them.

From the Ireland game from Tracey's page:

An asterisk denotes a player that came on as a substitute.…

Ali Williams is erratic and Richie McCaw is awesome.

...or maybe Richie is a #7 with a consistent role and Ali is a tight forward, whose degree of 'tightness' depends on the game plan adopted for a particular opponent. Hell, I played open side flanker for nine years, and in…

Until you look at his last three games (albeit missing the Hong Kong match) they are all trending downward

But [and I'm saying this because the injury thing got me thinking] Tracey's stats don't contain amount of time on the field do they?

That would be a good stat to…

What is also interesting about the Ali Williams stats is that, while his First 3 stats look pretty wild, there appears to be a bit of predictability in his performance – sharp decreases are usually followed by sharp increase and vice versa. Maybe it's a regression-to-the-mean kinda thing.

Until you…

OK James, you've posted three broken links in a morning. Do you need the cheat sheet?

I fixed them.

I was initially reasonably pro-Stadium, but the more the details are filled in,…

Yeah next thing ya know those chumps will dream up some flash new stadium you can't play cricket in.

I find myself more and more having discussions with people and having to say "oh,…

Umm, no, OK, I give up. 'We' do look stupid.

Yeah next thing ya know those chumps will dream up some flash new stadium you can't play cricket in. Oh wait.
At least the university oval is great for tests.

Ānd I found a white pants diatribe side. I'm sure…

this is WAY off topic, but I wonder what y'all think of this...

It's like our second test match in a gazillion years?

Umm, no, OK, I give up. 'We' do look stupid.

this is WAY off topic, but I wonder what y'all think of this...

Sorry Steve I need to cross-link better, i wrote this on the Dropkicks this morning: Dunedin, they just don't get it

It's all white here

The Dunedin City Council and the Otago Cricket Association say the concept mirrors "black-outs" created during the All Blacks' games in the city.

Huh? I thought the "black outs" related to the…

Sorry, my keyboard macron settings destroyed my link.

Technically incorrect use of line graphs is pretty prevalent in my experience of science as well. Even if you have…

However, I couldn't let those beautiful graphs go unappreciated.

Thanks! I love all the pretty-isation options in the new Excel

It was Brad Thorn (as his starting partner) for every game except South Africa in Dunedin and against Scotland. Both times other partner was Boric

AH-HA! Mystery solved.
He went off injured in the English ChCh test and the SA Dunedin match.

Don't ask me for the reason for the…

Do you know who was William's partner for those matches?

It was Brad Thorn (as his starting partner) for every game except South Africa in Dunedin and against Scotland. Both times other partner was Boric

I feel that games where players subbed on or off should either not be included, or their numbers should be compensated up in some way.

Good call, I'd be happy to share the data so people can weight it for me.

And Haydn, aren't you impressed that we're ignoring all your data and conclusions that you put so much work into, and arguing about what sort of graph you should use?

I totally love it! It speaks to a higher cause.

Though I doubt anyone could argue with my findings: Ali…

This is also why missed games are not represented by zero.

I feel that games where players subbed on or off should either not be included, or their numbers should be compensated up in some way.

After all, if you're on the field for 10 minutes and people were to…

Next time you post about the All Blacks, right after they've got the Grand Slam, we'll kidnap the comments into…

Either, a game every week, but we're only sampling one a month.

Or, six years of games, and we're showing the average for each year. The line (in theory, it doesn't actually) shows a…

Change over time on a bar chart?

It's not really change over time (hence my oblique reference to "time") I had understood it to be change between one match and the next.

Grouped, coloured bars might be a way to go – a red a blue and a green bar…

My suspicions is that 11 games might be enough to draw a sensible average from but perhaps not a (statistically) meaningful trend.

Change over "time" could just as easily be shown by the heights of a bars on a bar graph

Hmmmm, interesting ... interesting ... but I would argue: "are you high?"

Change over time on a bar chart? I get what you mean regarding the time span in between. But…

Yes they should.

Ooh, this will be fun ... no they shouldn't.

Change over "time" could just as easily be shown by the heights of a bars on a bar graph, lest we think that on the Wednesday of the week following some game Carter was still doing better than…

Do you know who was William's partner for those matches? I've noticed he seems to take a different role depending on whether Boric or Thorn is on the field.

That is a very good question. I can look at that.

Those really shouldn't be line graphs :-)

Yes they should. While they are discrete data points. I am attempting to show change over time. This is also why missed games are not represented by zero. (Argued this with Amy yesterday)