tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post9029869544738483239..comments2024-03-21T05:10:57.134+00:00Comments on Mustard Seed Shavings: Football and LuckSteve Tilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17400505989949096631noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-52359170565263631732011-08-02T19:07:33.139+01:002011-08-02T19:07:33.139+01:00OK, I took a bet with myself that all three commen...OK, I took a bet with myself that all three comments on this post would be by blokes, but I am stymied by Chris's gender-neutral name. So I'm betting he's a he.<br /><br />Maybe that is a sexist viewpoint, or maybe it is just realistic. Either way I have spoilt the statistic with this post.RuthJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17495519870354705959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-18097811158939412472011-08-02T09:14:57.416+01:002011-08-02T09:14:57.416+01:00Sounds like there was scandal during your football...Sounds like there was scandal during your football season with lots of thrown games.Chris Pettifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-88648147124907506072011-07-30T08:24:59.242+01:002011-07-30T08:24:59.242+01:00Jon, the older I get the more callings I realise I...Jon, the older I get the more callings I realise I missed. I have to try and avoid getting interested in new things these days or I get hooked. Statistics has, as you know as a regular reader, always been one of my things.Steve Tilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400505989949096631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-22155011469004973372011-07-29T18:06:38.544+01:002011-07-29T18:06:38.544+01:00This is actually very close to the sort of thing I...This is actually very close to the sort of thing I do professionally - except I look at animal movements rather than football (and using maths rather than actually sitting tossing coins repeatedly). E.g. how far does the movement of a particular animal deviate from a random walk (turning angles and length of straight-line movements determined at random)? Maybe you missed your calling as an interdisciplinary statistical physicist, Steve?Jonathan Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629076544085968474noreply@blogger.com