Past Articles in Statistics
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Forecasting Nationals and Ranking Teams: Computers v. Power Rankings
Want to know what to expect at Nationals this week? Who will do well, who will tank, and who might win?
Oct 16, 2013 by Sean Childers and Max Cohen in Analysis, Rankings
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Goals And Assists? Who Cares: Why You Should Take A Team Approach To Statistics
I originally wrote this statistics primer for was introducing the sabermetric approach, of statistically understanding baseball, to the masses.
Aug 26, 2013 by Brett Matzuka in Analysis
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The Perils Of Plus-Minus
The one statistic that teams ask me to help them with the most is plus-minus.
Aug 16, 2013 by Sean Childers in Analysis
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Quantifying Player Value: Introducing ‘Expected Contribution’ And Ranking The 2013 NexGen Team
No one in Ultimate seriously believes simple statistics like goals, assists, or blocks fairly measure a player’s overall worth. But our new 'expected contribution' statistic - which summarizes each player’s involvement in one overall number -- is a first serious attempt to do exactly this.
Aug 13, 2013 by Sean Childers, Jeremy Weiss and Husayn Carnegie in Analysis
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Strong NexGen Second Half Seals Victory over PoNY
When New York’s Pride of New York (PoNY) went into their halftime team huddle down one point, there was a sense that they were on…
Jul 1, 2013 by Sean Childers and Kahyee Fong in News
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How Do We Define Good Defense?
When we talk, think, and strategize about Ultimate, defensive skill sometimes takes a back seat to offensive play. But we have begun to search for new ways to quantify good defense. Here we introduce one of those: the Ultiworld D rating.
Jul 1, 2013 by Sean Childers and Kahyee Fong in Analysis
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Stats And Stars — Open Division: 2013 D-I College Championships
We are now two weeks past the College Championships, where we spent thousands of words extolling the incredible team performances over the course of the…
Jun 12, 2013 by Charlie Eisenhood in Analysis
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Stats and Stars — Women’s Division: 2013 D-I College Championships
We are now two weeks past the College Championships, where we spent thousands of words extolling the incredible team performances over the course of the…
Jun 10, 2013 by in Analysis
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Jam It In: New Ultiworld Scoring Charts Show NexGen’s Endzone Dominance
New scoring charts show that the 2012 NexGen team excelled against elite club teams due to their dominance near the endzone. They relied on unconventional, high-risk throws to score, rather than a more traditional dump-and-swing offense. They had significantly more success than their opponents.
Feb 6, 2013 by Sean Childers, Jeremy Weiss and Kahyee Fong in Analysis
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Ultiworld Announces Partnership With Ultiapps, An Innovative Statistics Tracking App
As we announced on Deep Look this week, Ultiworld is excited to be partnering with Ultiapps, a new free statistics tracking application for iPhone/iPad and…
Jan 17, 2013 by Charlie Eisenhood in News