from: A Hodder Arnold Publication
Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 519
EAN num: 9780340700723
ISBN number: 0340700726
Label: A Hodder Arnold Publication
Manufacturer: A Hodder Arnold Publication
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 328
Printing Date: September 10, 1998
Publishing house: A Hodder Arnold Publication
Sale Popularity Level: 1349192
Studio: A Hodder Arnold Publication
Editor's Notes and Comments:
Product Description:
Although sports statistics receive vast amounts of media attention, disciplined analysis of the data is rare and the analyses published by statisticians are typically scattered across journals and conferences. This book is the very first in over twenty years to provide a comprehensive and accessible survey of statistics in sports. It contains separate chapters devoted to American football, baseball, basketball, cricket, soccer, golf, ice hockey, tennis, and track and field. Four additional chapters review outcome predictions, graphical techniques, tournament designs, and Bayesian applications across all sports. Each chapter has been written by a recognized statistical authority in that field and includes the history of statistics in that sport, a look at current statistical issues, and an evaluation of current statistical models. Themes throughout the book include player ratings, the existence of hot streaks and clutch play, prediction of record performances, and the effects of changes in rules, scoring and tournament structures. The book will interest any sports fan wishing to go beyond the data in newspapers and magazines, and will be an invaluable resource for statistics instructors looking for exciting material.
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A useful overview of some mathematical papers and techniques for sports analysis. The editor has collected some research from some people who have looked at analysis various different sports, in one handy volume. Baseball of course is one of these when you see the front cover.
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I thought it was a pretty good book, for my purposes. It is a collection of academic like articles by different statisticians working in the area of sports modelling and each author wrote one chapter on the sport or topic of his expertise. I found it easier to read than most academic articles. All the chapters I've read so far (4 or 5) have provided me with 1 to 4 ideas that I might be able to apply to my own modelling of sporting events. So for me it was a good buy.
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