How to Piss SQL Off, or The Downside of Doing Interesting ProjectsIt was a normal morning in red zone Cambodia. I heard that police checkpoints were becoming more numerous, though, even stopping food delivery drivers. I would need to think about this soon. Especially as I was short on mixers. Cocktails by the pool ...Oct 1, 2021 · 4 min readdiscsanddata.hashnode.dev
Permutation Hypothesis Testing vs. the NBA’s “Home Court Advantage”So I was chatting in a Clubhouse room the other day and someone said the craziest thing… (BTW I love me my Clubhouse) He said that he had read somewhere that there was actually no home field advantage in football (soccer). There may be some tilting i...Sep 19, 2021 · 7 min readdiscsanddata.hashnode.dev
Hey Python-Learner: Don't Python Just to Be PythoningSometimes you can't just Python to Python. Hopefully you're studying Python (or another computing language) because it connects to the way you think in some way. But you shouldn't always Python just to Python. There needs to be something more. Python...Aug 23, 2021 · 3 min readdiscsanddata.hashnode.dev
Do More Possessions Mean More Points in AFL? (A Pandas Walkthrough)Your first reaction when hearing this question will probably be "of course, duh" (or "What is AFL?". It's Australian Rules Football). You have to think that the team coming away with the ball the most would score the most points in general. With this...Aug 5, 2021 · 10 min readdiscsanddata.hashnode.dev
Pythagorean Expectation and Australian Rules FootballPythagorean expectation, attributed to baseball statistician Bill James is a formula originally used to describe a relationship between the number of runs a baseball team scores and allows, and the team's winning percentage. The basic formula is... (...Jul 20, 2021 · 6 min readdiscsanddata.hashnode.dev
