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Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game by Jim Albert [Repost]
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Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game (ISBN: 0387988165) by Jim Albert
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0387988165 | 369 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0387988165 | 369 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Baseball is a fascinating game for the statistical analyst. On the surface it appears so simple and limited. But the more closely one studies the game, the more, it seems, there is to know. The coauthors are both former chairs of the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics in Sports and fans of the Philadelphia Phillies. Though there are many other books about baseball statistics, these authors are particularly sophisticated statisticians. As they illuminate baseball, they demonstrate the power of college-level statistics to interpret the numbers. Starting with simplified board game simulations, the authors show how to model player performance or predict game outcomes. Then they use actual statistics to make the models more complex and true to life. Part of the fun is that statistical results can be counterintuitive.