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Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball
Stanley Rothman
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Description for Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball
Hardback. Explains the mathematical underpinnings of baseball so that students can understand the world of statistics and probability. This book teaches fundamentals of probability and statistics through the feats of baseball legends such as Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, and Ted Williams and more recent players Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols, and Alex Rodriguez. Num Pages: 592 pages, 190, 190 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 261 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1412.
As Derek Jeter strolls toward the plate, the announcer tosses out a smattering of statistics - from hitting streaks to batting averages. But what do the numbers mean? And how can America's favorite pastime be a model for learning about statistics? "Sandlot Stats" is an innovative textbook that explains the mathematical underpinnings of baseball so that students can understand the world of statistics and probability. Carefully illustrated and filled with exercises and examples, this book teaches the fundamentals of probability and statistics through the feats of baseball legends such as Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, and Ted Williams - and more recent players such as Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols, and Alex Rodriguez. Exercises require only pen-and-paper or Microsoft Excel to perform the analyses. "Sandlot Stats" covers all the bases, including: descriptive and inferential statistics; linear regression and correlation; probability; sports betting; probability distribution functions; sampling distributions; hypothesis testing; confidence intervals; chi-square distribution. "Sandlot Stats" offers information covered in most introductory statistics books, yet is peppered with interesting facts from the history of baseball to enhance the interest of the student and make learning fun.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421406022
SKU
V9781421406022
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Stanley Rothman
Stanley Rothman is professor of mathematics at Quinnipiac University.
Reviews for Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball
Sandlot Stats served as an instrumental and informative piece to the Baseball Statistics course. The amount of time and tedious effort put into the project is evident, as this book is absolutely packed with information. The book puts a new spin on mathematics, and makes it more understandable for even the most casual of baseball fans. Baseball purists and sabermetric geeks alike will love this book.
Jon Alba Sports Paws Dr. Rothman has hit a 'home run.' Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball is not only a fine book to read, but a text which can also serve as an excellent resource book.
Father Gabe Costa CBS New York For those interested in this subject-this is your book.
Harvey Frommer Epoch Times If this had been the textbook for a basic statistics course that I took as a student, I might have remembered that course forever as the best class I ever had.
Charles Ashbacher MAA Reviews Sandlot Stats is a readable and resourceful introductory textbook for statistics.
Graham Wheeler Significance The book is very readable and well organized... High school statistics teachers could use this book as a course supplement or an enrichment source for sports-crazy students. Any college professor teaching a sports statistics course or looking for ways to enliven a traditional course would also find it interesting. Even baseball fans wanting to learn more about descriptive measures used in the game could benefit from Rothman's interesting exposition.
Marc Michael Mathematics Teacher
Jon Alba Sports Paws Dr. Rothman has hit a 'home run.' Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball is not only a fine book to read, but a text which can also serve as an excellent resource book.
Father Gabe Costa CBS New York For those interested in this subject-this is your book.
Harvey Frommer Epoch Times If this had been the textbook for a basic statistics course that I took as a student, I might have remembered that course forever as the best class I ever had.
Charles Ashbacher MAA Reviews Sandlot Stats is a readable and resourceful introductory textbook for statistics.
Graham Wheeler Significance The book is very readable and well organized... High school statistics teachers could use this book as a course supplement or an enrichment source for sports-crazy students. Any college professor teaching a sports statistics course or looking for ways to enliven a traditional course would also find it interesting. Even baseball fans wanting to learn more about descriptive measures used in the game could benefit from Rothman's interesting exposition.
Marc Michael Mathematics Teacher