Sandlot Stats Learning Statistics with Baseball

Name: Sandlot Stats Learning Statistics with Baseball
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ISBN: 9781421406022

ISBN-10: 1421406020

ISBN-13: 9781421406022

Edition: 2012

Authors: Stanley Rothman

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As Derek Jeter strolls toward the plate, the announcer tosses out a smattering of statistics—from hitting streaks to batting averages. But what do the numbers mean? And how can America’s favorite pastime be a model for learning about statistics? Sandlot Stats is an innovative textbook that explains the mathematical underpinnings of baseball so that students can understand the world of statistics and probability.Carefully illustrated and filled with exercises and examples, this book teaches the fundamentals of probability and statistics through the feats of baseball legends such as Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, and Ted Williams—and more recent players such as Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols, and Alex…

Book details

List price: $92.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 7.36" wide x 10.12" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 3.388



Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Introduction



Basic Statistical Definitions



Descriptive Statistics for One Quantitative Variable



Descriptive Measures Used in Baseball



Comparing Two Quantitative Data Sets



Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis for Two Quantitative Variables



Descriptive Statistics Applied to Qualitative Variables



Probability



Sports Betting



Baseball and Traditional Descriptive Measures



Final Comparison of Batting Performance between Aaron and Bonds



Probability Distribution Functions for a Discrete Random Variable



Probability Density Functions for a Continuous Variable



Sampling Distributions



Confidence Intervals



Hypothesis Testing for One Population



Streaking



Mission Impossible: Batting 400 for a Season



Postseason



Hypothesis Testing for Two Population Proportions



The Chi-Square Distribution



Statistical Tables


Index