Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Published: 06/08/2001
ISBN: 9780387988160
Pages: 410
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.66h x 6.40w x 1.11d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/25/2001 pg. 69
Library Journal 09/15/2001 pg. 106
Choice 02/01/2002 pg. 1082
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2001 pg. 66