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For example, the Massey Peabody power rankings are totally based on algorithms that are based purely on statistics. They are subjective only in the stats they choose to use in their model.
Yes and since no algorithim can actually decide something like that, all that happened was that someone chose the criteria it would emphasize. A different person could have chosen different criteria. Based on what? A different value judgment about what to count in deciding the rankings.
And a computerized algorithim cannot factor in things like perceptions of morale, team confidence and chemistry, and so on.
So I see the algorithim version as more of the same. Somebody set it up one way instead of another way. ,Still a value judgment.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/28/2019 02:46PM by zn.
