Statistical thinking in sports
By: editors, Ruud H. Koning and James H. Albert.
Contributors: Koning, Ruud H.; Albert, Jim, 1953-
Publisher: Taylor & Francis; Chapman & Hall/CRC
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781584888680
Subjects: Sports -- Statistical methods; Sports -- Statistics
Genres: Statistics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Jim Albert and Ruud H. Koning; title: Modelling the development of world records in running / Gerard H. Kuper and Elmer Sterken; title: The physics and evolution of Olympic winning performances / Ray Stefani; title: Competitive balance in national European soccer competitions / Marco Haan, Ruud H. Koning, and Arjen van Witteloostuijn; title: Statistical analysis of the effectiveness of the FIFA world rankings / Ian McHale and Stephen Davies; title: Forecasting scores and results and testing the efficiency of the fixed-odds betting market in Scottish league football / Stephen Dobson and John Goddard; title: Hitting in the pinch / Jim Albert; title: Does momentum exist in a baseball game / Rebecca J. Sela and Jeffrey S. Simonoff; title: Inference about batter-pitcher matchups in baseball from small samples / Hal S. Stern and Adam Sugano; title: Outcome uncertainty measures : how closely do they predict a close game? / Babatunde Buraimo, David Forrest, and Robert Simmons; title: The impact of post-season play-off systems on the attendance at regular season games / Chris Bojke; title: Measurement and interpretation of home advantage / Ray Stefani; title: Myths in tennis / Jan Magnus and Franc Klassen; title: Back to back evaluations on the gridiron / David J. Bern; title: Optimal drafting in hockey pools / Amy E. Summers, Tim B. Swartz, and Richard A. Lockhart.