[Goose]

[quote author=CowboyIndian link=topic=16635.msg191412#msg191412 date=1491745459]
[quote author=Goose link=topic=16635.msg191262#msg191262 date=1491461144]
I would be interested in knowing the median yards per attempt each year as well, and/or the standard deviation of the yards per attempt.

Well, that makes two of you.
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I would prefer a Monte Carlo simulation which could give us a clue as to how our running game will improve (or degradate) over the next 5 years.
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Although I realize you are not serious in this request, it does actually go right to the point I was trying to make. Running plays (or football plays in general) are not random variables. There also are not so many of them that you can meaningfully treat them as random. We try do do so with yards per carry and the like because we have no other tools besides the "eye test", which is unsatisfactory as it is a subjective personal judgement. If football were statistical, you could hope to do a "Monte Carlo simulation" and we would know with a given level of confidence what would happen next year. Fortunately, it isn't statistical, and we can have these discussions ;D 

[Goose]

[quote author=CowboyIndian link=topic=16635.msg191412#msg191412 date=1491745459]
[quote author=Goose link=topic=16635.msg191262#msg191262 date=1491461144]
I would be interested in knowing the median yards per attempt each year as well, and/or the standard deviation of the yards per attempt.

Well, that makes two of you.
[/quote]

I would prefer a Monte Carlo simulation which could give us a clue as to how our running game will improve (or degradate) over the next 5 years.
[/quote]

Although I realize you are not serious in this request, it does actually go right to the point I was trying to make. Running plays (or football plays in general) are not random variables. There also are not so many of them that you can meaningfully treat them as random. We try do do so with yards per carry and the like because we have no other tools besides the "eye test", which is unsatisfactory as it is a subjective personal judgement. If football were statistical, you could hope to do a "Monte Carlo simulation" and we would know with a given level of confidence what would happen next year. Fortunately, it isn't statistical, and we can have these discussions ;D