Mathletics how gamblers, managers, and sports enthusiasts use mathematics in baseball, basketball, and football /
Mathletics is a remarkably entertaining book that shows readers how to use simple mathematics to analyze a range of statistical and probability-related questions in professional baseball, basketball, and football, and in sports gambling. How does professional baseball evaluate hitters? Is a singles...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
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| Summary: | Mathletics is a remarkably entertaining book that shows readers how to use simple mathematics to analyze a range of statistical and probability-related questions in professional baseball, basketball, and football, and in sports gambling. How does professional baseball evaluate hitters? Is a singles hitter like Wade Boggs more valuable than a power hitter like David Ortiz? Should NFL teams pass or run more often on first downs? Could professional basketball have used statistics to expose the crooked referee Tim Donaghy? Does money buy performance in professional sports? In Mathletics, Wayne Win. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 358 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400830916 (electronic bk.) 1400830915 (electronic bk.) 069113913X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691139135 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1282259237 9781282259232 |