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Somehow-Still-Living t1_j1uaidz wrote

The selections are inconsistent and have no rhyme or reason to them other than showing that you can interact with them. If you insist on using a gif, start blank and then reveal in a comprehensive order (ie: Lowest to highest), then give a longer period after all are revealed so that people can take in the full chart. Though, for such a small change, I’d honestly suggest just using a flat image.

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Sadgasm1 OP t1_j1u8bjs wrote

Hi :)

I tried to extract 2 meaningful PC’s from 59 analytics of the matches (variables like ball possession, goal attempts… etc). Then I wanted to see if the matches are clustered on these predictors according to their outcome.

They aren’t 😕 but I liked the plot

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Available-Ad-5609 t1_j1u6j84 wrote

A couple points to (partially) explain this. Metro area population, not “city limits” population, is what you should be looking at. San Antonio isn’t 5x the size of Pittsburgh, it’s ~10% larger, and Columbus isn’t bigger than Cincy and Cleveland, all three are within ~10% of each other. Second, the teams don’t necessarily reflect the biggest cities today, but years ago. Go back to 1970 and Pittsburgh was 2.5x San Antonio, Cleveland was 2.5x Columbus, and Cincy was >50% larger than Columbus.

And then there’s Green Bay.

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