Correlations Between Punting and Defense and Punting and Winning

kccrow · 04-21-2018, 04:21 PM

Ok, so you weren't wrong to say 8 of the top 10 in PPG were top 15 in Punts inside the 20%. However, this theory doesn't really hold up in other years in the data set. Also, I've shown no strong correlation. There also isn't a strong correlation between YDS/G and Punts inside the 20 %.

Despite the fact that we haven't found any strong indicator that punting affects defense in a meaningful way this did prompt me to do one more data set, and that is Win % versus Punt IN 20 % and that has given the strongest correlation of all data.

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This is surprising, because one would expect that if they did affect W% they'd also affect Defensive performance. That really doesn't seem to be the case.

04-21-2018, 04:21 PM	#1
kccrow MVP Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Michigan Casino cash: $-1320000	Ok, so you weren't wrong to say 8 of the top 10 in PPG were top 15 in Punts inside the 20%. However, this theory doesn't really hold up in other years in the data set. Also, I've shown no strong correlation. There also isn't a strong correlation between YDS/G and Punts inside the 20 %. Despite the fact that we haven't found any strong indicator that punting affects defense in a meaningful way this did prompt me to do one more data set, and that is Win % versus Punt IN 20 % and that has given the strongest correlation of all data. Spoiler! 2017 Correlation Coefficient of W% to %IN 20 0.469 2016 Correlation Coefficient of W% to %IN 20 0.316 2015 Correlation Coefficient of W% to %IN 20 -0.042 2014 Correlation Coefficient of W% to %IN 20 0.638 2013 Correlation Coefficient of W% to %IN 20 0.401 This is surprising, because one would expect that if they did affect W% they'd also affect Defensive performance. That really doesn't seem to be the case.
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