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Unread 12-01-2009, 11:20
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Re: Oh, boy, scouting will be difficult this year!

I don't know about that this year. Depending on what your data fields are, there will probably be a good degree of inaccuracy. If a robot scores balls in autonomous, how many did it score? Were 7 loaded, or only 6 (are you feeling lucky?). Of course, scouting is not all about data but also about the team's opinion on how well another team competes. Most likely I'll have simple data collection done by newer members but analysis and observation (in terms of just taking notes) done by more experienced members.

Also, the data that we collected at Boilermaker last year pretty much wasn't used to determine our picks (although this could partially be because it wasn't compiled well).
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