9781422285237 - Analytics: Sports Stats & More

calls for the same sort of personal traits needed to make it in sports itself.

Text-Dependent Questions 1. Name three sections of the typical baseball season that would involve the use of analysis. 2. Describe a possible typical day for a baseball stat analyst, in terms of time. 3. How many different statistics does ShotLink generate just from PGA tee shots? Research Project Just as a warmup to doing analytics yourself, try to build some new data sets. Pretend you have an internship with your high school football team. The coach wants an analysis of your team’s offensive strategy from the previous season. Dig out the box scores of all the games and make charts or graphs that show: • in which quarters the team scores the most points; • the ratio of run plays to pass plays on offense; • the average number of yards per play gained per game.

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