Re:AI Sports Journalist Covers Every Division I College Bask...
by RobbieStats on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @07:53PM
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Yes, we compute a bunch of advanced stats for statsheet.com. I've intentionally shied away from doing too much "advanced" stuff on the individual sites because i want them to be consumable by the average fan. Some feedback we get about statsheet.com is that it can be overwhelming.
That said, we'll be adding more unique stuff over time. We started doing a "Fan Satisfaction" chart: http://carolinaupdate.com/north-carolina-basketball/fan_sati... that attempts to objectively measure the subjective notion of "fan satisfaction".
http://www.truthaboutit.net/2010/11/wizards-claw-raptors-109...
That's a bit of a joke, but the real value automation will provide is not the translation of statistics into narrative, it is providing the right statistics. I can honestly say that your generated stories are better than most AP articles in that regard.
Have you looked at computing any advanced basketball statistics? Highlighting those and turning them into narrative could go a long way toward raising awareness about them in the general (sports) public.