1114 the Statistical Outlier

[nuclearnerd]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

But that skew doesn't stop with just one team here's the number of teams more than 5 and 4 SDs above the mean by year. Cumulatively, only 8 teams have ever been above 5 SD before; now we have 6 teams. And in the years with 6 teams above 4 SD, there were either 1 or 0 above 5.

As a visual person, I would love to see overlapping histograms of the OPRs for all of the years that Ed has spreadsheets for. It would be useful to have a sort of "gini index" for different years. The chart should show if there is a trend towards more skewed performances, or if it's a game specific thing. I'd worry that a long-term trend of this kind would start to turn "inspiring" into "discouraging". I'll try to make the chart when I get some time, unless someone beats me to it.

Disclaimer: I am in slobbering love with Simbot Sideswipe, and I'm not calling foul over their accomplishment. I'm just interested in the meta trends of FRC, and their impact on the sustainability of the sport.