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Ok cool very interesting, thanks.

Ah I didn't know DRPM took into account rim protection. And just curious what would the differences between the variables show?

Can you attach documents to posts? My data was pretty messy when I just copied and pasted and when i tried to allign collumns it all just got messed up.

I was interested in looking at defensive impact with a focus on which players protect the paint the best. So i decided to look at two variables DRPM for a general look at players defensive impact, which i got from Espn.com. And then i used the sportsvu data to look at Opponets FGP at Rim. When looki...

I have used stata before and have found it quite user friendly and efficient in completing statistical analyses.

Cool, thanks for the advice.

Hi guys I've been studying basketball for a while now, and am looking now to get into the analytics side. What programs are commonly used in the field to do these types of statistcal analyses? SAS? R? Just curious because I would like to start practicing working with data sets myself.