grumbleguts
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I wanted to see how useful the hit-out actually was. I mean, does the ruckman winning the tap translate to scoreboard ascendancy?
I looked at a plot of a team's total hit-outs against their percentage on the ladder. I figured a team's percentage is a decent indication of success on the scoreboard. Here's what i found:
It appears there is a fairly decent correlation between hitouts and percentage (Pearson's correlation coefficient of 0.69). Considering the sheer number of other factors involved, this is a fairly substantial correlation.
It appears that ruck taps in this game have a strong impact on final score board.
I looked at a plot of a team's total hit-outs against their percentage on the ladder. I figured a team's percentage is a decent indication of success on the scoreboard. Here's what i found:
It appears there is a fairly decent correlation between hitouts and percentage (Pearson's correlation coefficient of 0.69). Considering the sheer number of other factors involved, this is a fairly substantial correlation.
It appears that ruck taps in this game have a strong impact on final score board.