Sorry Woody. It apparently came off sounding like I meant you were being selective or purposely picking numbers to make a point. That's not what I meant at all. All I meant is that anytime anyone puts together statistics for any reason, the choices they make influence the story that ends up being told. There is no such thing as 'numbers don't lie' (other than in the trivial literal sense) because numbers tell no story at all without context and interpretation. Your numbers are factual, but that doesn't mean we must all agree with your interpretation that our team is trending upward. Choose a different range of values (say, 1990 - 2013, or the last three games, as I did, or compare the first three years of the last four coaches) and the trend will look different.
Rob Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 22, 2014, at 12:01 AM, Woody Bass <[email protected]> wrote: > > I didnt choose specific numbers nor leading anyone to believe anything thats > not right in front of them. They are sequential and factual numbers from > CFBSTATS.com. > > And in case you didn't notice... The defensive yards allowed are also > trending upwards. > > > Woody (via iPhone) > >> On Sep 21, 2014, at 11:27 PM, Rob Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Numbers don't lie, but people lie with numbers every day, my friend. A >> number itself, of course, cannot tell a truth or a lie, but the way numbers >> are selected, collected and displayed tells a story that always reflects >> decisions made by the teller. For example, you have chosen numbers that >> reflect an upward trend to tell a particular story. If I choose these >> numbers -- 65, 36, 21 -- which are our points scored in each game this >> season, in order, then I do not see an upward trend. My numbers do not lie >> either, but they tell a very different story. >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Sep 21, 2014, at 6:21 PM, Woody <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Some statistical analysis... judge for yourself. But the Gators are >>> trending upwards whether you want to believe it or not... yes.. some in a >>> bad way (defensively)... but numbers don't lie. >> >> -- >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "GatorTalk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
