Vols do maths

LagrangeJacket said:
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I did exactly what the UT stats/math major did, except corrected to make sure the units were right. Get out of here.
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LagrangeJacket said:
I'm also going to take a shot at some #volmath and calculate the chance of a UT player robbing a convenience store AND Butch Jone's face getting redder than hex code #FF7F7F. We will proceed by dimensional analysis.

First, we calculate the average of the two probabilities:

(89.5% + 86.5%) / 2 events = 88% / event

But we want just the percentage, so we must multiply times the number of events to get the proper units:

88%/event * 2 events = 176%

So, there is a 176% chance of a Vol player robbing a convenience store and Butch Jones's face turning red. Brb, calling my bookie.
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This is true if you consider that each is a chance among 100 tries. But there is no way you can go from predicting something to something else.
 
So if Tennessee loses the first two of GT, Kentucky, Vandy, they are almost guaranteed to win the third because the probability of them losing all three is so low.

OTOH, if they win the first two, they likely lose the third because they are outrunning the probability and the statistics gods don't like that
 
JJacket said:
So if Tennessee loses the first two of GT, Kentucky, Vandy, they are almost guaranteed to win the third because the probability of them losing all three is so low.

OTOH, if they win the first two, they likely lose the third because they are outrunning the probability and the statistics gods don't like that
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Is that what you learned at Southern Tech?
 
Is there an award / competition along the lines of the renowned "Fulmer Cup" that focuses on "Just Doesn't F'n Get It" quotient ...:facepalm: ...?

If so, we most assuredly have a nominee here...
 
Reading the board, it is also hilarious how great they think Josh Dobbs is. Immediate impact next season predicted. I guess Big Ben is on his way out in Pittsburgh!
 
I'm surprised how delusional they are considering they lost Dobbs, Kamara and Barnett. On top of that, they had a garbage defense last year and we're returning 9 starters on offense. My favorite part is how they mention us breaking in a new QB, (who started against and beat #14 VT although not an impressive game) but ignore the fact that they will be too. SEC fans...
 
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If we beat Tennessee, does that make us the new Champions of Life?
 
I'm through 6 pages and am really pulling for the self-identified stats major to get it. No spoilers please.
 
gtrower said:
I'm through 6 pages and am really pulling for the self-identified stats major to get it. No spoilers please.
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I'm glad you posted this. I had previously looked at the first couple of pages of that thread and got bored. Decided to give it another shot, and it heats up nicely about halfway through.
 
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