Aslan's Weekly/Monthly Chris Barnes/Joe Slowinski Statistics Nerd Thread: Part I

[Aslan]

I thought since bowling isn't really something I'm very good at; yet I find numbers fascinating...perhaps I should focus on talking about numbers.

This is a tribute to both Chris Barnes and Joe Slowinski because both of them tend to focus on nerdy stuff like this where as most others would scroll past it.

PLAN:
Each Week/Month I will post a thread talking about ONE specific measurement of performance. I will use my stats from PinPal (but also some that I will have to do some manual calculation to gather that aren't in PinPal) to create a graph image for discussion.

Hopefully it'll be margnially interesting and generate discussion. At a minimum Mudpuppy will just scoff at it for being too long or Iceman will claim the "Gift" can't be measured using numbers...but at a MINIMUM I'd like respondants to at least answer these basic questions:

1) Does that graph tell you ANYTHING? If so, what do you see?
2) Is that STAT really that useful?

And as a bonus you can say how the graph indicates to you just how ****y Aslan is at bowling. Thats a little bonus incentive for participation...and because I specifically asked you to...so long as you keep the language appropriate...it's totally legal and you can't get any infractions for "making fun of other users" or anything like that.

ENJOY!!

PART I: First Ball Average



Other details that may/may not be of interest:
- The line is almost flat at about 8.40.
- The slope is -8E05 (a very minor slope downward, essentially no trend)
- The brown vertical line (furthest left) indicates when the stats went from primarily WOOD lanes to SYNTHETICS.
- The pink vertical line (furthest right) indicates when I started taking lessons with my new coach. I had taken lessons and attended clinics before that but infrequently and with varying folks.
- Also, it includes tournaments, league play, and open bowling; but does not include sport shot league (didn't want to add that variable).

Any other questions, ASK!

And remember, this isn't so much "Help Aslan Learn to Bowl"...that ship has sailed my friends. Plus I already have a thread for that entitled "Videos for noeymc" or something like that for such a purpose. This is more a thread about whether the stat is useful or interesting...that kind of thing.

[MICHAEL]

yep Numbers fascinate most of us on this Math Site! I bet I don't miss this post very often,,,, yaaaaaaaaawwwwwNNNN!!! Wow that was a hUGE 1!!

[Aslan]

At your age; I'm sure all the numbers tend to run together. But it's okay...take a post off...let the let the younger "whipper-snappers" handle the new fangled math stuff.

Somebody get Iceman some crayons and a coloring book while the grown ups talk!

[J Anderson]

What do the points plotted represent? First ball average per game, per three game series, per day?

[vdubtx]

What do the points plotted represent? First ball average per game, per three game series, per day?

That was my first question looking at the screen shot. I am interested in the stats of bowling as I keep all of my games on Pin Pal also, league and tournaments only.

[MICHAEL]

At your age; I'm sure all the numbers tend to run together. But it's okay...take a post off...let the let the younger "whipper-snappers" handle the new fangled math stuff.

Somebody get Iceman some crayons and a coloring book while the grown ups talk!

Send coloring books and crayons to Iceman,,, much more interesting then looking at a lay out of this galaxy, with a blue back drop! Yawwwwwnnnn!!!

Very interesting,,, ya,,, right! What the hell is it???? where is earth located?

[MICHAEL]

OK,,, ICEMAN DONE!! LOL,,,,

[Aslan]

What do the points plotted represent? First ball average per game, per three game series, per day?

Sorry. First ball average per day. Thats why there are some gaps because each dot represents a day that I bowled between January and now…and I didn't bowl every day.

[Aslan]

OK,,, ICEMAN DONE!! LOL,,,,

On second thought….maybe keep the crayons away from him. I'm pretty sure he's eaten enough glue and sniffed enough markers at this point that we'll try to keep crayons away from him.

[MICHAEL]

On second thought….maybe keep the crayons away from him. I'm pretty sure he's eaten enough glue and sniffed enough markers at this point that we'll try to keep crayons away from him.

thanks captain Aslan, of the Star Ship Bowling Ball Statistics!. I don't like crayons much anyway, I wind up eating them,,,but keep the glue and magic markers coming! Where is your next stop on the Blue Chart??

OK,,, I am really done,,, sorry but,,,,, when I looked at that meaning less chart to most of us mortals, SPACE, Time, Exploration came to mind!

I will leave this thread to you, and your group of statisticians!

I am beaming out of here!!

When I look at your blue chart, I think of this HOT episode of Star Track! The blue guy in this short, reminds me of you... I mean that in a positive way!! enjoy!
HOW CAN ONE be BLUE after watching this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-WA90u0f0Y