Interesting article in Naples Daily News entitled"New method of
analyzing where recruits may go to school.Written by PH.D candidate
at U of Iowa.
She said there are three major factors that go into a recruit's
decision to pick a school.The first most important factor was did
the recruit take a official visit to the school.Second was the
proximity to the school.Third was the recruit's use of his Twitter
account.In 2016,Bigsby the spearhead behind this program
analyzed nine million tweets,two thousand recruits and six
hundred FBS coaches.
The results showed with 70% accuracy they could predict
the recruits choices and 70-80% accurate his two final options.
Finally,the program with 70%accuracy predict whether a
recruit would decommit.So far two D1 schools have inquired
about her program.
analyzing where recruits may go to school.Written by PH.D candidate
at U of Iowa.
She said there are three major factors that go into a recruit's
decision to pick a school.The first most important factor was did
the recruit take a official visit to the school.Second was the
proximity to the school.Third was the recruit's use of his Twitter
account.In 2016,Bigsby the spearhead behind this program
analyzed nine million tweets,two thousand recruits and six
hundred FBS coaches.
The results showed with 70% accuracy they could predict
the recruits choices and 70-80% accurate his two final options.
Finally,the program with 70%accuracy predict whether a
recruit would decommit.So far two D1 schools have inquired
about her program.
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