Analyzing Wimbledon (eBook)

The Power of Statistics

Franc Klaassen, Jan R. Magnus (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2013
264 Seiten
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-935597-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The game of tennis raises many questions that are of interest to a statistician. Is it true that beginning to serve in a set gives an advantage? Are new balls an advantage? Is the seventh game in a set particularly important? Are top players more stable than other players? Do real champions win the big points? These and many other questions are formulated as "e;hypotheses"e; and tested statistically. Analyzing Wimbledon also discusses how the outcome of a match can be predicted (even while the match is in progress), which points are important and which are not, how to choose an optimal service strategy, and whether "e;winning mood"e; actually exists in tennis. Aimed at readers with some knowledge of mathematics and statistics, the book uses tennis (Wimbledon in particular) as a vehicle to illustrate the power and beauty of statistical reasoning.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.12.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Tennis
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
• ISBN-10: 0-19-935597-5 / 0199355975
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-935597-6 / 9780199355976