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Statistical Thinking in Sports
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Statistical Thinking in Sports
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Statistical Thinking in Sports book
Edited ByJim Albert, Ruud H. Koning
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2007
eBook Published 12 July 2007
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Chapman and Hall/CRC
Pages 298
eBook ISBN 9780429147906
Subjects Mathematics & Statistics
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Albert, J., & Koning, R.H. (Eds.). (2007). Statistical Thinking in Sports (1st ed.). Chapman and Hall/CRC. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781584888697
ABSTRACT
Since the first athletic events found a fan base, sports and statistics have always maintained a tight and at times mythical relationship. As a way to relay the telling of a game's drama and attest to the prodigious powers of the heroes involved, those reporting on the games tallied up the numbers that they believe best described the action and bes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|26 pages
Modelling the development of world records in running
ByGerard H. Kuper, Elmer Sterken
chapter 4|14 pages
Competitive balance in national European soccer competitions
ByMarco Haan, Ruud H. Koning, Arjen van Witteloostuijn
chapter 5|14 pages
Statistical analysis of the effectiveness of the FIFA World Rankings
ByIan McHale, Stephen Davies
chapter 6|20 pages
Forecasting scores and results and testing the efficiency of the fixed-odds betting market in Scottish league football
ByStephen Dobson, John Goddard
chapter 9|14 pages
Inference about batter-pitcher matchups in baseball from small samples
ByHal S. Stern, Adam Sugano
chapter 10|12 pages
Outcome uncertainty measures: how closely do they predict a close game?
ByBabatunde Buraimo, David Forrest, Robert Simmons
chapter 11|24 pages
The impact of post-season play-off systems on the attendance at regular season games
ByChris Bojke
chapter 15|14 pages
Optimal drafting in hockey pools
ByAmy E. Summers, Tim B. Swartz, Richard A. Lockhart