Statistics in Sport

Name: Statistics in Sport
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ISBN: 9780340700723

ISBN-10: 0340700726

ISBN-13: 9780340700723

Edition: 1998

Authors: Jay Bennett

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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 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…

Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Hodder Education Group
Publication date: 9/10/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.30" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



List of contributors


Preface



Major Sports



American Football




Baseball




Basketball




Test Statistics




Soccer




Statistics in Golf




Performance Indices for Multivariate Ice Hockey Statistics




Developing Strategies In Tennis




Statistical Modelling in Track and Field




Sports Themes



On the Design of Sports Tournaments




Statistical Data Graphics in Sports




Predicting Outcomes




Multiplicity, Bayes and Hierarchical Models



Glossary


Index