tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518999264103251377.post8832960365413929638..comments2023-07-02T04:32:09.689-04:00Comments on Oblong Spheroid: Revisiting the Rule of 26-27-60Chris Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04996455466572610983noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518999264103251377.post-76187591179016504932011-10-23T13:08:20.788-04:002011-10-23T13:08:20.788-04:00Interesting. Although I didn't have all the d...Interesting. Although I didn't have all the data, other than what was available on the SI site, I looked at "outliers" in the three data sets based upon standard deviations. When a QB was a standard deviation above the mean on at least one area AND not below in any area, they tended to be successful (in fact none could be described as unsuccessful-- at least those from the SI story). Of the elite, only Brees wasn't a standard deviation above the mean in any one area-- but he also wasn't below in any of the areas When a QB had at least one Standard Deviation below the mean (and none above the mean) they tended to be failures. Leaf, Harrington, Smith, Young, Vick and Flacco all this this profile. It is fair to say that Vick and Flacco are far from busts, but no statistical methodology will account for all the variables (such as perhaps Flacco's size and surrounding teammates and Vick's mobility). Thus, perhaps, if the data is sliced a different way, it may have even more utility.R L Mitchell, MSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505034952934626728noreply@blogger.com