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Larry Mahnken · 07-01-2008, 07:09 PM

A quick glance indicates that Boyd has the past few years of raw stats, but not this year, and we could get a lot of value out of this project.

Here's how I plan to organize the work (everyone at each level will also be involved in all the levels below):

I will coordinate all the data, and assigning people to work in conferences
Others will be in charge of individual conferences, assigning people to work on teams
Team coordinators will assign anyone assigned to them to work on individual games
Non-coordinators (and of course all the coordinators) will code individual games.

With all the levels of coordination, nobody will be working on the same game as someone else, there will be multiple levels to check the work and make sure it's right, and people will be assigned to the places where they're needed most.

For each team we'll only do their home games (otherwise we'd do every game twice). After entering the data, we'll create a box score from it and check it against the official box score, seeing if there are any discrepancies (and if so, why) then send it up the change (where the box score will be checked again).

If you're a conference coordinator, you will assign yourself to work on a team, and if someone is sent to you, you will assign them to work on *another* team -- so you don't cross paths. I am going to assume we aren't even going to get enough people to work on all the conferences, but that's how we'll proceed if we do.

We'll focus on DI first, then go to DII and DIII afterwards.

Conference coordinators will also be responsible for downloading and saving all the play-by-play records and box scores *offline* in case the web links go down, they'll still be available.

There will be lots of work to do. I'll try to put together a spreadsheet that will make the work simpler, but it will still involve going through tons of games and entering lots of codes. I don't want to scare people off, but if you volunteer to help, make sure you're willing to commit to it.

07-01-2008, 07:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
Larry Mahnken Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: York, PA Posts: 56	A quick glance indicates that Boyd has the past few years of raw stats, but not this year, and we could get a lot of value out of this project. Here's how I plan to organize the work (everyone at each level will also be involved in all the levels below): I will coordinate all the data, and assigning people to work in conferences Others will be in charge of individual conferences, assigning people to work on teams Team coordinators will assign anyone assigned to them to work on individual games Non-coordinators (and of course all the coordinators) will code individual games. With all the levels of coordination, nobody will be working on the same game as someone else, there will be multiple levels to check the work and make sure it's right, and people will be assigned to the places where they're needed most. For each team we'll only do their home games (otherwise we'd do every game twice). After entering the data, we'll create a box score from it and check it against the official box score, seeing if there are any discrepancies (and if so, why) then send it up the change (where the box score will be checked again). If you're a conference coordinator, you will assign yourself to work on a team, and if someone is sent to you, you will assign them to work on another team -- so you don't cross paths. I am going to assume we aren't even going to get enough people to work on all the conferences, but that's how we'll proceed if we do. We'll focus on DI first, then go to DII and DIII afterwards. Conference coordinators will also be responsible for downloading and saving all the play-by-play records and box scores offline in case the web links go down, they'll still be available. There will be lots of work to do. I'll try to put together a spreadsheet that will make the work simpler, but it will still involve going through tons of games and entering lots of codes. I don't want to scare people off, but if you volunteer to help, make sure you're willing to commit to it.