Kiah Stokes the Key to the Liberty?

[Roger G]

It seems the essence of the arguments of certain posters in this thread is that they are going to defiantly take the words of the original poster in a sense other than what was intended and argue the point along those lines. But the point is an interesting one and I am glad the OP made it.

 

[Orangutan]

It seems the essence of the arguments of certain posters in this thread is that they are going to defiantly take the words of the original poster in a sense other than what was intended and argue the point along those lines. But the point is an interesting one and I am glad the OP made it.

When someone who only plays well some of the time plays well, her team fares better. Truly a fascinating insight.

Besides that the basic rules of logic tell us that correlation does not imply causation.

 

[Roger G]

When someone who only plays well some of the time plays well, her team fares better. Truly a fascinating insight.
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Besides that the basic rules of logic tell us that correlation does not imply causation.

As to your first point, it is especially fascinating when it is relevant to a player who is important to those of us who follow UConn women's basketball. But your counterpoint would be more persuasive if you found evidence that it was just any player on the Liberty who has such a strong correlation between their offensive output and the team's end result. You might even prove you are right.

As to your second point regarding the rules of logic, many sciences rely on correlation to give indications of what the truth of a matter is. Causation cannot always be proven. It is a fallacy to think that all good thinking must determine causation. In many investigations, correlation must suffice. If coaches were to base their decisions on nothing but what is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, they wouldn't get much done. If fans were only to rely on what is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, what fun would that be?

 

[Orangutan]

As to your first point, it is especially fascinating when it is relevant to a player who is important to those of us who follow UConn women's basketball. But your counterpoint would be more persuasive if you found evidence that it was just any player on the Liberty who has such a strong correlation between their offensive output and the team's end result. You might even prove you are right.

The Liberty are 13-5 when Zellous scores 10+ points. They are 2-7 when she scores less than 10.

You can likely play this game with many players around the league especially if you fiddle with the number to pick as your dividing line (5 points is a pretty low bar for Stokes).

 

[Roger G]

The Liberty are 13-5 when Zellous scores 10+ points. They are 2-7 when she scores less than 10.

You can likely play this game with many players around the league especially if you fiddle with the number to pick as your dividing line (5 points is a pretty low bar for Stokes).

Well done.