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The Astros have a 53% chance of winning 83 games in 2009

I was inspired to get fancy by BtB and plugged the Astros WAR Projection Project into a binomial distribution function to determine what the probability was that the Astros actually hit the mark our input projected.  The actual probability was .531, so I understated the probability, slightly, in the title.

I know this isn't entirely accurate, but I thought it would be fun none the less.

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When statistical analysis goes too far….

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by DbacksSkins on Jan 11, 2009 8:56 AM CST reply actions  

Joe Morgan voice:

YOU DON’T PLAY BASEBALL WITH CALCULATORS, DAMMIT!

Seriously though, good job. Can you figure out what the probability is for 90 wins?

by Only_A_Lad on Jan 11, 2009 10:47 AM CST reply actions  

I got 18%, using DQ's sheet.

Here’s the total:
115 0.02
110 0.08
105 0.69
100 2.22
95 9.09
90 18.7
85 41.2
80 58.8
75 81.3
70 90.9
65 97.7
60 99.3
55 99.9

by R.J. Anderson on Jan 11, 2009 11:18 AM CST up reply actions  

Hmmmmm

I wonder what i did terribly wrong?

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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.

by Stephen Higdon on Jan 11, 2009 11:21 AM CST up reply actions  

Nevermind

Like a jackass I put in the cumulative probability. I got 6.26% (I still can’t figure out where the disconnect is, I used 83, 162, .512345679, and 1).

I should really not be blogging at 5:00 AM at the peak of insomnia.

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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.

by Stephen Higdon on Jan 11, 2009 11:30 AM CST up reply actions  

My formula is:

=100-(100*BINOMDIST(O23/2,81,0.51234568,1))

With O23 set to 83, or whatever wins total you want.

by R.J. Anderson on Jan 11, 2009 11:43 AM CST up reply actions  

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