sounds like a fun project...
Gary
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From: Will Moore <willmoorefsu at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Subject: Volunteer Video Coders Sought
To: Gary King <king at harvard.edu>
Hi, I am writing in the hope that you can think of a responsible, bright
undergraduate student who you believe might be interested in getting
involved in a project of mine studying the formations and play selection of
NCAA football teams. I have spent the past two years as a volunteer doing
opponent scouting analysis for the Florida State football team. This off
season I developed a novel data collection scheme for coding game video and
I am looking for people who are interested in data analysis to volunteer
5-10 hours/week this fall watching and coding video of football games. If
you know of a bright, meticulous, and responsible student who you believe
might be interested in considering this opportunity, please copy-and-paste
the announcement below the asterisks to an email message to any student you
would recommend and believe might have an interest.
Please note: familiarity with football is NOT a prerequisite. Volunteers
will be trained to use the coding scheme I have developed. In addition, I
am especially interested in getting women involved in this project.
Football is a very male-dominated enterprise, but there is no reason that
the scientific analysis of the game (and, indeed, coaching) should be
male-dominated.
- Will
PS: Please note that this is not my FSU email address. I created this email
acct to use for my volunteer work with the FSU Seminoles' football program.
My volunteer work for the Seminoles is not part of my job at FSU: I do this
work on a volunteer basis outside of my official duties.
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Volunteer Video Coders Sought
Are you a rule-oriented person? Do you like to search for patterns others
have overlooked? A volunteer football researcher seeks bright, meticulous,
responsible students to volunteer 5-10 hours per week from 5 August through
Thanksgiving watching video from NCAA football games and code them using a
coding scheme. No experience as a football fan or a coder are required: we
will train our coders, and the coding scheme is not one that will be
familiar to football fans.
If you are interested in scheduling an interview to learn more about this
opportunity, please send a copy of your resume, an unofficial copy of your
transcript, and the name and email address of the Professor who told you
about this opportunity to: willmoorefsu at
gmail.com. All inquiries of
interest will receive a response, and those selected will be schedule for an
interview using video-skype. Inquiries of interest will be considered on a
rolling basis until the positions have been filled.