DocumentCode :
1312835
Title :
SnapShot: Visualization to Propel Ice Hockey Analytics
Author :
Pileggi, Hannah ; Stolper, Charles D. ; Boyle, J. Michael ; Stasko, John T.
Volume :
18
Issue :
12
fYear :
2012
Firstpage :
2819
Lastpage :
2828
Abstract :
Sports analysts live in a world of dynamic games flattened into tables of numbers, divorced from the rinks, pitches, and courts where they were generated. Currently, these professional analysts use R, Stata, SAS, and other statistical software packages for uncovering insights from game data. Quantitative sports consultants seek a competitive advantage both for their clients and for themselves as analytics becomes increasingly valued by teams, clubs, and squads. In order for the information visualization community to support the members of this blossoming industry, it must recognize where and how visualization can enhance the existing analytical workflow. In this paper, we identify three primary stages of today´s sports analyst´s routine where visualization can be beneficially integrated: 1) exploring a dataspace; 2) sharing hypotheses with internal colleagues; and 3) communicating findings to stakeholders.Working closely with professional ice hockey analysts, we designed and built SnapShot, a system to integrate visualization into the hockey intelligence gathering process. SnapShot employs a variety of information visualization techniques to display shot data, yet given the importance of a specific hockey statistic, shot length, we introduce a technique, the radial heat map. Through a user study, we received encouraging feedback from several professional analysts, both independent consultants and professional team personnel.
Keywords :
data analysis; data mining; data visualisation; sport; statistical analysis; R software; SAS software; SnapShot; Stata software; analytical workflow; dataspace exploration; dynamic games; game data; hockey intelligence gathering; hockey statistics; hypothesis sharing; ice hockey analytics; independent consultants; information visualization; internal colleagues; knowledge discovery; professional ice hockey analyst; professional team personnel; radial heat map; shot data display; shot length; sports analysis; stakeholders; statistical software package; Data visualization; Games; Human computer interaction; Knowledge discovery; Sports equipment; Visual knowledge discovery; human computer interaction; hypothesis testing; visual evidence; visual knowledge representation;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1077-2626
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TVCG.2012.263
Filename :
6327288
Link To Document :
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