R help - Apr 2012 - Study design question; MLB; pay and performance.

Dear List Members,

I am in the process of designing a study examining pay and performance 
in Major League Baseball across several seasons, and before I get too 
deeply into it, I'd like to ask whether the group members think that 
performance across seasons is independent, or if it needs to be treated 
like a time-series variable so that lack of independence can be controlled.

Any ideas or considerations that need to be taken into account would be 
appreciated.

Regards,

Nick Miceli

On Apr 19, 2012, at 11:05 AM, N. S. Miceli, Ph.D. wrote:
> Dear List Members,
>
> I am in the process of designing a study examining pay and  
> performance in Major League Baseball across several seasons, and  
> before I get too deeply into it, I'd like to ask whether the group  
> members think that performance across seasons is independent, or if  
> it needs to be treated like a time-series variable so that lack of  
> independence can be controlled.
>
> Any ideas or considerations that need to be taken into account would  
> be appreciated.
This has absolutely no R content and I would argue is unlikely to be  
of general interest, either. Please post your general stats questions  
elsewhere.

-- 

David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT

There is an ASA section on statistics in sports, you might start
looking there...

http://www.amstat.org/sections/sis/

albyn

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:05:39AM -0500, N. S. Miceli, Ph.D.
wrote:
> Dear List Members,
> 
> I am in the process of designing a study examining pay and
> performance in Major League Baseball across several seasons, and
> before I get too deeply into it, I'd like to ask whether the group
> members think that performance across seasons is independent, or if
> it needs to be treated like a time-series variable so that lack of
> independence can be controlled.
> 
> Any ideas or considerations that need to be taken into account would
> be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Nick Miceli
> 
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-- 
Albyn Jones
Reed College
jones at reed.edu