Optimal Sports Math Statistics and Fantasy

• Author : Robert L. Kissell,James Poserina
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2017-04-06
• ISBN : 9780128052938

Optimal Sports Math, Statistics, and Fantasy provides the sports community—students, professionals, and casual sports fans—with the essential mathematics and statistics required to objectively analyze sports teams, evaluate player performance, and predict game outcomes. These techniques can also be applied to fantasy sports competitions. Readers will learn how to: Accurately rank sports teams Compute winning probability Calculate expected victory margin Determine the set of factors that are most predictive of team and player performance Optimal Sports Math, Statistics, and

• Author : Sakib Bin Amin
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release Date : 2021-08-07
• ISBN : 9783030729004

Bangladesh is a land of great natural beauty, with a rich culture. Its tourism industry is one of its greatest motivators for social and economic development - but it does not always climb to the heights of success that one might expect. This book is one of the first to explore tourism in Bangladesh in scholarly detail, examining driving factors behind the growth of the industry, as well as challenges it needs to overcome. It provides recommendations for policy makers,

• Author : Brian Bruce
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2020-07-29
• ISBN : 9780128178676

Student-Managed Investment Funds: Organization, Policy, and Portfolio Management, Second Edition, helps students work within a structured investment management organization, whatever that organizational structure might be. It aids them in developing an appreciation for day-to-day fund operations (e.g., how to get portfolio trade ideas approved, how to execute trades, how to reconcile investment performance), and it addresses the management of the portfolio and the valuation/selection process for discriminating between securities. No other book covers the "operational" related issues in

• Author : Matt Doeden
• Publisher : Capstone
• Release Date : 2016-08
• ISBN : 9781515721680

"Describes how to use statistics and math to create and run a successful fantasy football team"--

• Author : Arthur A. Raney,Jennings Bryant
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2009-03-04
• ISBN : 9781135257347

This distinctive Handbook covers the breadth of sports and media scholarship, one of the up-and-coming topics bridging media entertainment, sports management, and popular culture. Organized into historical, institutional, spectator, and critical studies perspectives, this volume brings together the work of many researchers into one quintessential volume, defining the full scope of the subject area. Editors Arthur Raney and Jennings Bryant have recruited contributors from around the world to identify and synthesize the research representing numerous facets of the sports-media relationship.

• Author : Shane Frederick
• Publisher : Capstone
• Release Date : 2016-08
• ISBN : 9781515721598

"Describes how to use statistics and math to create and run a successful fantasy hockey team"--

• Author : Bill Ordine
• Publisher : Huntington Press Inc
• Release Date : 2015-12-22
• ISBN : 9781935396840

Have you seen the ads? Who hasn’t, right? How did it all happen? Is DFS gambling? Is it legal? And what’s next for this industry under attack? These are just some of the questions answered by award-winning author Bill Ordine as he traces the background of the curious federal law that opened the door for the billion-dollar play-for-money sports-contest industry. Who was behind the pivotal carve-out? How did daily fantasy rise so quickly? And where is it likely

• Author : Wayne L. Winston,Scott Nestler,Konstantinos Pelechrinis
• Publisher : Princeton University Press
• Release Date : 2022-02-22
• ISBN : 9780691189291

How to use math to improve performance and predict outcomes in professional sports Mathletics reveals the mathematical methods top coaches and managers use to evaluate players and improve team performance, and gives math enthusiasts the practical skills they need to enhance their understanding and enjoyment of their favorite sports—and maybe even gain the outside edge to winning bets. This second edition features new data, new players and teams, and new chapters on soccer, e-sports, golf, volleyball, gambling Calcuttas, analysis

• Author : Wayne L. Winston
• Publisher : Princeton University Press
• Release Date : 2012-03-18
• ISBN : 9781400842070

How math can be used to improve performance and predict outcomes in professional sports 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?

• Author : AJ Mass
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release Date : 2011-08-09
• ISBN : 9781628730562

The world of fantasy sports is no longer the purview of nerds and stat geeks. In fact, versions of the game are currently played by tens of millions of people worldwide. But while fantasy sports may have begun as a light-hearted diversion, to many of its participants winning or losing is no laughing matter. The book takes readers on a journey from the casinos of Atlantic City to charred Connecticut campgrounds, from the Last Supper to the Constitutional Convention that

• Author : Allan Morey
• Publisher : Capstone
• Release Date : 2016-08
• ISBN : 9781515721673

"Describes how to use statistics and math to create and run a successful fantasy baseball team"--

• Author : Dan Flockhart
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2007-03-23
• ISBN : 9780787994457

"The innovative math program based on real-life sports statistics."--on cover. Includes a complete set of reproducible worksheets.

• Author : Stanley Rothman
• Publisher : JHU Press
• Release Date : 2012-09-17
• ISBN : 9781421406022

As Derek Jeter strolls toward the plate, the announcer tosses out a smattering of statistics—from hitting streaks to batting averages. But what do the numbers mean? And how can America’s favorite pastime be a model for learning about statistics? Sandlot Stats is an innovative textbook that explains the mathematical underpinnings of baseball so that students can understand the world of statistics and probability. Carefully illustrated and filled with exercises and examples, this book teaches the fundamentals of probability

• Author : Alan Reifman
• Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
• Release Date : 2012-01-01
• ISBN : 9781597977180

Why streaks happen and why they matter.

• Author : Dan Flockhart
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2007-03-23
• ISBN : 9780787994440

Understanding and predicting the behaviour of natural and human environmental systems is crucial for the effective management of the Earth’s limited resources. Recently, great advances have been made through spatial modelling. This book provides a snapshot of the latest research in modelling technologies and methodologies within five environmental fields; the cryosphere, hydrology, geomorphology, vegetation interfaces and urban environments. Spatial Modelling of the Terrestrial Environment deals with the use of remote sensing, numerical models and GIS in addressing important natural