I know there are a lot of professionals and knowledge people on this board so I am hoping for some insights and good feedback. For this football season, I was thinking of using a data set. Nothing fancy, maybe Excell or even SPSS (which is a stats program I am familiar with) but when I thought about it, I realized I have no idea what variables I would use in my data sheets. And it seems like a lot of information I would place in my data sheets can easily be retrieved online as it is so I said why bother. But then I realized, to become a successful gambler you need to go above and beyond what the "recreational Joe" does and put some real effort.
While I recognize that, I need help from those who you data sets in their gambling analysis. What are your variables? Do you use any statistics (i.e. regression), Do you gain any advantage that is not normally availabe by keeping your own data sets on teams, How do I best use data sets for football?
No need to answer every question, or any for that matter, just thought I'd throw them out there. Any insights or observations would be great. Thanks!!!