Quarterback Analytics: A Deep Dive into Race and Roughing the Passer Calls
The First Detour
Once upon a time, in the realm of weather-related nerdiness, I embarked on a quest to decipher the secrets of changing weather patterns. Armed with my mighty keyboard and a burning hatred for sweltering summers, I planned to uncover the truth about my local area’s climate evolution. You see, summer…
First the Idea, then the Data: Navigating the Depths of Information
When working on a project that requires data, it is essential to consider the various sources and formats in which the information may be available. Often, the desired data cannot be found in one single location, requiring careful compilation from multiple sources. This process can be time-consuming and challenging, as…
Cruising the Data Landscape: Exploring the Fundamentals of Data Exploration
Recap Well, well, well! Looks like we’ve embarked on quite the adventure here! Our first task was to get to the bottom of the burning question: “Do quarterbacks of color get the short end of the stick when it comes to roughing the passer penalties compared to their fair-skinned counterparts?”…
Voyage Through Univariate Analysis: Charting the Solo Attributes of Roughing the Passer Penalties in the NFL
Univariate analysis is a crucial step in data analysis that focuses on examining and summarizing the characteristics of a single variable or attribute from the dataset. Univariate analysis provides a foundation for understanding the characteristics of individual variables, which is essential for more advanced multivariate analyses and modeling. It helps…
Exploring the Bivariate Landscape: Navigating Relationships in EDA
If you are still with me, we are now entering the phase of analysis where the rubber begins to meet the road to eventually get to the answer to the original research question: Is there a connection between a quarterback’s race and the number of times they get a Roughing…