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Challenge #18: Predicting Baseball Wins

greggrimmer1
8 - Asteroid
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A2H
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Solved 🙂

JP_SDAK
8 - Asteroid

I did this the way I was taught in Predictive Analytics class - use a sample and run 80% through the model, then the other 20% through the Score tool.  This gave me the correct teams, but incorrect Predicted Wins, so checked the solution and redid this .  My workflow has the original- I also checked 3 other models and did a model compare before choosing the Regression Model.

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DN
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bkclaw113
10 - Fireball

Boston!

OnionKnight
8 - Asteroid

This is my first time to challenge predictive tool in Alteryx.

OwenBData
8 - Asteroid

Enjoyed this one - only just started using the predictive tools in Alteryx. 

 

One thing i'm a little unsure of - it feels a bit unintuitive using the teams we are predicting as part of the regression model. I assume they should be excluded? 

 

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jfrg125
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clmc9601
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

My solution. I originally used Pearson top 10 but switched to Spearman to check my answers.