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1 - Ryan Davis, Adjusted Plus-Minus and Friends

Sports on Paper

English - June 28, 2019 04:40 - 1 hour - 91.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
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A discussion with Twitter friend Ryan Davis (@rd11490) of a seminal paper in the field of NBA analytics, "Improved NBA Adjusted +/- Using Regularization and Out-of-Sample Testing." Afterwards, we share ideas on ways to further improve RAPM.
(00:00) paper discussion
(29:00) additional topics on player evaluation with RAPM framework

Paper: http://www.sloansportsconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/joeSillSloanSportsPaperWithLogo.pdf
RAPM tutorial: https://twitter.com/rd11490/status/1128782945630740483

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