I was wondering what stat test is the best to find out which football/soccer league is the most competitive.
The leagues that I would choose for this analysis are either based on the countries that have won a World Cup (8 countries) or based on the online articles that rank the leagues without any methodology (10 countries).
I am going to use API(s) to get and cross-check the necessary data (table positions, tournament champions, etc.).
Here are a few of the variables that I am pretending to analyze:
- Title deciding round (i.e. Number of game-weeks left when the title was decided)
- Competition at the top end (i.e. Difference between 1st and 2nd place)
- Numbers of different champions in each league
- Defending champions vs promoted sides
- Local/Regional/Continental/World wins/appearances/performance
- etc.
I was thinking a correlation or multiple regression test but I'm not quite sure. I'm also uncertain of what would be the best way to get a total score of each league.
Furthermore I'm thinking of using JavaScript for this analysis, using the library d3js. I'm learning JS and just want to test it out. I usually use Python, but want to try something new.
