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Originally Posted by BobboFitos
There is no such thing as a tiny sample of RAPM though. The thing is it does mean a lot.
I don't want people to misinterpret this, but about ridge regression in general: (RAPM) it's not my job to explain higher level math to people. Some people understand it. if you don't, and you make an effort to learn, kudos. But if you don't get it, arguing against it is very ignorant, since it's important to understand what you're actually arguing.
Basically, if you want to say it's a small sample, maybe learn about ridge regression first, since it pretty much addresses those concerns.
Not helping your case.
Edit: If you can't explain in reasonably educated layman's terms why this metric is better than others AND why you place so much faith in it, you've given us not much more to go on than "secret stats". It's not that you're right or wrong, it's that we have no way of evaluating the claim.
Edit Edit: and to the limited extent Epi has a valid point here, it's that saying essentially that "Asik top 10 defensive player, not my fault you can't understand why" is functionally the same as trolling.
Last edited by sethypooh21; 05-09-2011 at 06:31 PM.