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Who's really No. 1? Statisticians build a better way to make sense of competing sports rankings

Who, really, is the best player in baseball? Ask five sports media outlets and you may get five different answers. Rankings can vary dramatically from one source to another, change from year to year and leave out different players altogether, making it difficult to determine where there is genuine c...

Who's really No. 1? Statisticians build a better way to make sense of competing sports rankings
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Who, really, is the best player in baseball? Ask five sports media outlets and you may get five different answers. Rankings can vary dramatically from one source to another, change from year to year and leave out different players altogether, making it difficult to determine where there is genuine consensus and where opinions diverge.

Originally published at Phys.org

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