Stats: Dropping Shots on Goal Out of the Picture

Last week I took a look at correlations between first half and second half rates of various statistics for MLS players to help explore the question of whether the rates were primarily driven by player skill or other factors. The upshot was that shot rate is pretty well correlated, but both accuracy (shots on goal / shots) and conversion (goals / shots on goal) were all over the place, indicating that factors other than player skill (which we'll call 'randomness') dominate those rates.

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Sounder at Heart - Soccer From the Heart of the Sound @ Apr 6, 2011 4:05 PM EDT | Blog Profile