Get in the Game: An Interactive Introduction to Sports Analytics Chartier Tim
A mathematician, who has advised the US Olympic Committee, NFL, and NBA, offers sports fans a new way to understand truly improbable feats in their favorite games.In 2013, NBA shooter Steph Curry…
Specifikacia Get in the Game: An Interactive Introduction to Sports Analytics Chartier Tim
A mathematician, who has advised the US Olympic Committee, NFL, and NBA, offers sports fans a new way to understand truly improbable feats in their favorite games.In 2013, NBA shooter Steph Curry wowed crowds when he sunk eleven out of thirteen three-pointers--only seven other players, including the likes of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, had scored more in the history of games at Madison Square Garden. Four years later, the University of Connecticut women's basketball team won their one-hundredth straight game, defeating South Carolina 66-55. And in 2010, one sports forecaster--an octopus named Paul--correctly predicted the outcome of all of Germany's matches in the FIFA World Cup. These are surprising events--but are they truly improbable?In Get in the Game, mathematician and sports analytics expert Tim Chartier helps us answer that question--condensing
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