num_pages: 350
description: A look at baseball data from a statistical modeling perspective! There is a fascination among baseball fans and the media to collect data on every imaginable event during a baseball game and this book addresses a number of questions that are of interest to many baseball fans. These include how to rate players, predict the outcome of a game or the attainment of an achievement, making sense of situational data, and deciding the most valuable players in the World Series. Aimed at a general audience, the text does not assume any prior background in probability or statistics, although a knowledge of high school abgebra will be helpful.
language: English
title: Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game
titlecomplete: Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game
genres: Sports, Mathematics, Baseball, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 83
publisher: Copernicus/Springer-Verlag