tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post5221464884884323744..comments2023-06-03T03:51:36.883-07:00Comments on Canadian Election Watch: Which 16 NHL Teams Would Make the Playoffs with a Balanced Schedule?Election Watcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276655533153494264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-33277855820144311382010-04-07T11:36:12.034-07:002010-04-07T11:36:12.034-07:00Thanks for your suggestion! I thought about simply...Thanks for your suggestion! I thought about simply scaling up the 18 games each team played against the other conference. The tradeoff is, of course, between:<br /><br />a) introducing a bias because teams that do well against their own conference may not do well against the other one (my method);<br /><br />b) putting too much weight on a small number of games, as 18 is probably not enough to be representative of a team's strength against the other conference.<br /><br />I feel that a) is a smaller problem, but that's just a feeling... I suppose blending the two methods might produce even better results. Perhaps first scale up the 18 games to 34 (which is approximately 18*sqrt(64/18)), and then use my method to move from 64-34 to 49-49.<br /><br />Maybe I'll do this for the update at the end of the season :)Election Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10276655533153494264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-19534274308978803382010-04-07T10:49:32.675-07:002010-04-07T10:49:32.675-07:00Interesting, the only thing I would look at is how...Interesting, the only thing I would look at is how each team did against the other conference. I think if you apply that, you will find some further interesting results.<br /><br />Vancouver, LA, Minnesota and Calgary did better than the others versus the East. Meanwhile Phoenix and Detroit did worse against the East than against the West.Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.com