In previous posts I've mentioned that part of my motivation for the work being done here is to learn. Learn about basketball, learn about data acquisition, analysis, and the assorted tools that can or should be used to do the work. Insofar, I have solely used Microsoft Excel and VBA to perform work that I have done. Its what I know best and by far has the lowest knowledge entry point. What you'll see in this post is charts created in an open source statistical package called R. R is the premium statistical analysis package in use today for one paramount reason, it's free. I've done work in SPSS and Spotfire before. They are both far easier in terms of usability, but don't hold a candle to the accessibility to your run of the mill NBA fan looking to do work completely over their head.
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