Statistical thinking in sports

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Statistical thinking in sports

edited by Jim Albert and Ruud H. Koning

Chapman & Hall/CRC, c2008

  • : hard

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-289) and index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction / Jim Albert and Ruud H. Koning
  • Modelling the development of world records in running / Gerard H. Kuper and Elmer Sterken
  • The physics and evolution of Olympic winning performances / Ray Stefani
  • Competitive balance in national European soccer competitions / Marco Haan, Ruud H. Koning, and Arjen van Witteloostuijn
  • Statistical analysis of the effectiveness of the FIFA world rankings / Ian McHale and Stephen Davies
  • Forecasting scores and results and testing the efficiency of the fixed-odds betting market in Scottish league football / Stephen Dobson and John Goddard
  • Hitting in the pinch / Jim Albert
  • Does momentum exist in a baseball game ? / Rebecca J. Sela and Jeffrey S. Simonoff
  • Inference about batter-pitcher matchups in baseball from small samples / Hal S. Stern and Adam Sugano
  • Outcome uncertainty measures : how closely do they predict a close game? / Babatunde Buraimo, David Forrest, and Robert Simmons
  • The impact of post-season play-off systems on the attendance at regular season games / Chris Bojke
  • Measurement and interpretation of home advantage / Ray Stefani
  • Myths in tennis / Jan Magnus and Franc Klassen
  • Back to back evaluations on the gridiron / David J. Berri
  • Optimal drafting in hockey pools / Amy E. Summers, Tim B. Swartz, and Richard A. Lockhart

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