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Item Details
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CURVE BALL
BASEBALL, STATISTICS, AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE IN THE GAME |
| By: |
Jim Albert, Jay Bennett |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£18.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0387988165 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780387988160 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
| Pub. date: |
8 June, 2001 |
| Edition: |
2001 ed. |
| Pages: |
350 |
| Description: |
There is a fascination among baseball fans and the media to collect data on every imaginable event during a baseball game and to use these data to try to understand characteristics of the game. This book addresses a number of questions that are of interest to many baseball fans. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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50 Tables, black and white; XVIII, 350 p. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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