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Analyzing Wimbledon: The Power of Statistics
Franc Klaassen
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Paperback. In tennis, is it true that beginning to serve in a set gives an advantage? Can the outcome of a match be predicted? Which points are important, and do real champions win the big points? Do players serve optimally? Does "winning mood" exist? The book answers such questions, demonstrating the power and beauty of statistical reasoning. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCA; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 374.
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 "hypotheses" 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 ... Read more
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 "hypotheses" 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
373g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199355969
SKU
V9780199355969
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99-20
About Franc Klaassen
Franc Klaassen is Professor of International Economics at University of Amsterdam. Jan R. Magnus is Emeritus Professor at Tilburg University and Visiting Professor of Econometrics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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