Wall Street Journal: are star rankings really that important?

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  1. TUSKtimes

    TUSKtimes Riding the Wave

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    3 and not lately.
     
    TUSKtimes, Feb 3, 2012
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  2. LSUDad

    LSUDad Veteran Member

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    Yep......:thumb:
     
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  3. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Does anybody understand how few 5 stars are given out?

    So to have 17.6% of the first rounders be 5 star recruits is actually significant.

    I love how numbers are never shown for their true meaning. The person that came up with this was really lazy.
     
    islstl, Feb 3, 2012
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  4. OkieTigerTK

    OkieTigerTK Tornado Alley

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    wouldnt the better measure be what percentage of 5 stars are in the nfl. what percentage of 4 stars are in the nfl. what percentage of three stars, etc etc.

    or same for first round, or whatever you are looking at.
     
    OkieTigerTK, Feb 3, 2012
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  5. cajdav1

    cajdav1 Soldiers are real hero's

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    Yes
     
    cajdav1, Feb 4, 2012
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  6. cajdav1

    cajdav1 Soldiers are real hero's

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    Totally agree, except that instead of laziness it might be because the best analysis would have conflicted with the purpose of the article. So instead of the facts changing his mind the writer changed the facts.:eek:
     
    cajdav1, Feb 4, 2012
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  7. west_tex_tiger

    west_tex_tiger Founding Member

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    Good point. Can't even beat Baylor with all those 5* players. I trust Les Miles' evaluation of talent more than Rivals, especially for in state talent.
     
    west_tex_tiger, Feb 4, 2012
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