This data set contains data on team performance by season for the 2008-09 through 2011-12 seasons.
This data set contains team-level data for four NBA seasons: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12. Variables such as total points scored for each team and total points scored against each team are given. The data were obtained from http://basketballvalue.com/downloads.php
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Variable | Description |
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Team |
Code for team name |
Min |
Number of minutes played by the team |
PossFor |
Number of possessions for team |
PossOpp |
Number of possessions by opponent |
PointsFor |
Total number of points scored by team |
PointsOpp |
Total number of points scored by opponents |
OffRtg |
Offensive rating |
DefRtg |
Defensive rating |
OverallRtg |
Overall rating |
ORebFor |
Offensive rebounds by team |
ORebOpp |
Offensive rebounds by opponents |
DRebFor |
Defensive rebounds by team |
DRebOpp |
Defensive rebounds by opponents |
ORebRate |
Offensive rebound rate |
DRebRate |
Defensive rebound rate |
Season |
Season (e.g., 2010 = 2010-2011 season) |
nda_data = read.table("data/NBA_teamstats.txt", header = TRUE)
head(nda_data)
We will consider modeling the number of points scored by the teams across all four years combined, and individually within each year. The goal is to find distributions that fits these data well, and to estimate the associated parameters.