Serious computer index question
My beef with Ralph's GPI isn't so much that it is an index but that by its nature it's an index that never really gets the human element right completely. I don't feel comfortable with an index that is by its nature more tilted towards the computers.
Do you think there's value in coming up with an index that is constructed in the following way:
Total = (ARC/6 + ARP/3)/2
ARC (Adjusted Rankings of the Computers) = Sum of 6 computer ranking numbers (removing the max and min number from the 8 used)
ARP (Average Rankings of Polls) = Sum of 3 polls: TSN, Coaches', AGS
Ralph's GPI model uses MAS = Massey, ASH = Ashburn, SAG = Sagarin, LAZ = Laz Index, KEE = Keeper, SEL = Self, BRN = Born. I would definitely add the SRS to this mix and consider using a different computer models.
I'd also consider other polls (College Sports Madness?).
Thoughts? Is this a good idea, making human and computer a true 50/50 in an index and adding SRS to the computer models? Or would this be a colossal waste of time?
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Aw LFN, no need to be upset that the computers treat Lehigh much more poorly than the human polls. Computers are blind to bias. :D
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Pard4Life
Computers are blind
+1
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The human element is the issue here, in my opinion.
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dystopiamembrane
The human element is the issue here, in my opinion.
Go on... Not enough?
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If you're going to be using the Coaches poll, I think you are also going to have to include the Illinois State fraternity poll, and the poll of the employees of the Alaska Department of Transportation. All three pay about the same amount of attention, so if you're going to include one, you're going to need to include them all.
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MTfan4life
If you're going to be using the Coaches poll, I think you are also going to have to include the Illinois State fraternity poll, and the poll of the employees of the Alaska Department of Transportation. All three pay about the same amount of attention, so if you're going to include one, you're going to need to include them all.
And should include the CS.com poll, as that is better than at least two of the polls, with pollsters more knowledgable about the game than the coaches. Without the CS poll, GPI remains flawed.
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MTfan4life
If you're going to be using the Coaches poll, I think you are also going to have to include the Illinois State fraternity poll, and the poll of the employees of the Alaska Department of Transportation. All three pay about the same amount of attention, so if you're going to include one, you're going to need to include them all.
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Humans are biased and computers lack common sense... Other than that it's a perfect system.
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Playoffs. **** yeah
no one can complain. Every league has an AQ now that wants one. That makes polls irrelevant. Hence my lack of f Ralph posts in the GPI thread.