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Statistical Reasoning in Sports
First Edition| ©2012 Josh Tabor; Chris Franklin
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Throughout, the book follows the four-component model for statistical problem solving recommended by the American Statistical Association: Formulate Questions, Collect Data, Analyze Data, and Interpret Results. Important skills are added as needed as each new chapter builds upon previous chapters.
Examples
Chapters begin with a longer example introducing necessary skills. Subsequent examples might introduce technology or the principles of experimental design. Other examples in problem/solution format give students a sense of what complete answers should look like.
Throughout the chapters, these callouts define sports terms, explain key concepts and review of concepts introduced in previous chapters.
Students are regularly alerted to common misunderstandings, such as confusing an association with a cause-and-effect relationship, and other potential concerns such as the influence of outliers.
At the end of each chapter, a short feature points out connections to material in previous units as well as previewing related material in future chapters.
Boxes in each chapter dig a little deeper into a statistical concept with applications in sports.
These sections introduce students to the vocabulary and methods that might be used in a more traditional class.
These homework exercises are paired to give students more than one chance to see a particular type of problem.
The text features the TI-84 graphing calculator and applets throughout. Technology appendices, available on the book’s website, include instructions for importing data and how to use Fathom and Excel. Finally, applets are available at the book’s website which automate the simulations used in the randomization tests.
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Statistical Reasoning in Sports
First Edition| ©2012
Josh Tabor; Chris Franklin
Statistical Reasoning in Sports
First Edition| 2012
Josh Tabor; Chris Franklin
Table of Contents
Did LeBron James Choke in the Playoffs?
Is There a Home Field Advantage in the National Football League?
Does the Hot Hand Exist in Sports?
Does the Designated Hitter Increase Offense in Major League Baseball?
Does the Designated Hitter Increase Offense in Major League Baseball (Revisited)?
Can Polyurethane Suits Make You Swim Faster?
Which 7-Iron is More Consistent?
Which Players Should I Draft for My Fantasy Team?
What is LeBron’s True Ability?
Teeing Off: Hit It Hard or Hit It Straight?
How Can We Build a Better Baseball Team?
Hit it Long or Hit it Straight? Why Not Both?
How Crazy Was Billy Martin?
Should You Go For It on Fourth Down?
Authors
Josh Tabor
Josh Tabor has enjoyed teaching on-level and AP® Statistics to high school students for more than 26 years, most recently at The Potter’s School. He received a BS in Mathematics from Biola University, in La Mirada, California. In recognition of his outstanding work as an educator, Josh was named one of the five finalists for Arizona Teacher of the Year in 2011. He is a past member of the AP® Statistics Development Committee (2005–2009) as well as an experienced Reader, Table Leader, Question Leader, and Exam Leader at the AP® Statistics Reading since 1999. In 2013, Josh was named to the SAT® Mathematics Development Committee. Each year, Josh leads one-week AP® Summer Institutes and one-day College Board workshops around the country and frequently speaks at local, national, and international conferences. In addition to teaching and speaking, Josh has authored articles in The American Statistician, The Mathematics Teacher, STATS Magazine, and The Journal of Statistics Education. Combining his love of statistics and love of sports, Josh teamed with Christine Franklin to write Statistical Reasoning in Sports, an innovative textbook for on-level statistics courses. Josh is also coauthor of the popular on-level text - Statistics and Probability with Applications (now in its fifth edition) and the new college text Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach. Outside of work, Josh enjoys gardening, traveling, and playing board games with his family.
Chris Franklin
Christine (Chris) Franklin is the K–12 Statistics Ambassador for the American Statistical Association and an elected ASA Fellow. Now retired from the University of Georgia as the Lothar Tresp Honoratus Honors Professor and Senior Lecturer Emerita in Statistics, she is also the coauthor of an Introductory Statistics textbook published with Pearson and has published more than 60 journal articles and book chapters. Chris was the lead writer for the groundbreaking document of the American Statistical Association Pre-K–12 Guidelines for the Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Framework and chaired the writing team of the ASA Statistical Education of Teachers (SET) report. She is a past Chief Reader for Advanced Placement® Statistics, a Fulbright scholar to New Zealand (2015), recipient of the United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) Lifetime Achievement Award and the prestigious ASA Founder’s Award, and is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). Chris loves being with her family, running, hiking, scoring baseball games, and reading mysteries.
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Statistical Reasoning in Sports
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Josh Tabor; Chris Franklin
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