- 298 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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Statistical Thinking in Sports
About this book
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
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Modelling the development of world records in running
- Chapter 3: The physics and evolution of Olympic winning performances
- Chapter 4: Competitive balance in national European soccer competitions
- Chapter 5: Statistical analysis of the effectiveness of the FIFA World Rankings
- Chapter 6: Forecasting scores and results and testing the efficiency of the fixed-odds betting market in Scottish league football
- Chapter 7: Hitting in the pinch
- Chapter 8: Does momentum exist in a baseball game?
- Chapter 9: Inference about batter-pitcher matchups in baseball from small samples
- Chapter 10: Outcome uncertainty measures: how closely do they predict a close game?
- Chapter 11: The impact of post-season play-off systems on the attendance at regular season games
- Chapter 12: Measurement and interpretation of home advantage
- Chapter 13: Myths in Tennis
- Chapter 14: Back to back evaluations on the gridiron
- Chapter 15: Optimal drafting in hockey pools
- References
- List of authors
- Index