9781422285237 - Analytics: Sports Stats & More

As Davidson and other young people work toward joining the Ari Kaplans of the world, learning how to combine the words of sports with the numbers of sports will prove to be a vital tool.

Text-Dependent Questions 1. What was Ari Kaplan’s first big move in putting stats into computers for the Orioles? 2. Why did Ian Clark say it is a challenge to compare hockey goaltenders? 3. What are some of the aspects of an NBA game that analytics can now explore thanks to SportVU? Research Project If you were helping your favorite team interview managerial/coaching candidates, what types of questions, from an analytics standpoint, would you want them to answer?

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