Statistical Reasoning in Sports

Did Cam Newton choke in the Super Bowl? Can a swimsuit make you faster? Who should I draft for my fantasy baseball team?

Offering a unique and powerful way to introduce the principles of statistical reasoning, Statistical Reasoning in Sports 2e make statistics exciting with high interest sports (and life) examples that show how statistics is a part of everyday life.

Statistical Reasoning in Sports 2e examines fascinating questions about sports and life by investigating the underlying statistical questions and creating a fun atmosphere in the classroom in which students analyze data, perform simulations, and draw conclusions to develop an understanding of statistics.

About the Authors

Preface

Chapter 1: Testing Claims in Sports

Is Steph Curry a Streaky Shooter?

• Section 1: Modeling Athletic Performance

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Simulating Athletic Performance

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 3 Exercises

• Chapter 1 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 1 Investigative Project

Chapter 2: Analyzing Categorical Variables

Did Cam Newton Choke in the Super Bowl?

• Section 1: Displaying Categorical Data

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Tests for a Single Percentage

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Simulating with Technology and the State-Simulate-Conclude Process

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 4 Exercises

• Chapter 2 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 2 Investigative Project

Chapter 3: Comparing Two Percentages

Do NFL Teams have a Home-Field Advantage?

• Section 1: Summarizing Relationships between Two Categorical Variables

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Tests for a Difference in Percentages

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Simulating with Technology and the State-Simulate-Conclude Process

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 4 Exercises

• Chapter 3 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 3 Investigative Project

Chapter 4: Experiments

Can You Visualize Success?

• Section 1: Experiments and Observational Studies

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Designing Experiments

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Analyzing Experiments with Two Categorical Variables

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Type I and Type II Errors

• Section 4 Exercises

• Section 5: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 5 Exercises

• Chapter 4 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 4 Investigative Project

Chapter 5: Conditional Probability and Strategy in Sports

Should You Go for It on Fourth Down?

• Section 1: Probability and Two-Way Tables

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Conditional Probability and Independence

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Tree Diagrams and Multiplication Rules

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Win Probability and Strategy in Sports

• Section 4 Exercises

• Section 5: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 5 Exercises

• Chapter 5 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 5 Investigative Project

Chapter 6: Analyzing Quantitative Variables

Do Rested Teams Play Better Defense?

• Section 1: Displaying Quantitative Data

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Measuring Center and Variability

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Outliers and Boxplots

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 4 Exercises

• Chapter 6 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 6 Investigative Project

Chapter 7: Comparing Two Means or Medians

Do Sports Drinks Keep You Hydrated?

• Section 1: Tests for a Difference Between Two Means

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Technology and the State-Simulate-Conclude Process

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Tests for a Difference Between Two Medians

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 4 Exercises

• Chapter 7 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 7 Investigative Project

Chapter 8: Exploring Paired Data

Can a swimsuit make you faster?

• Section 1: Analyzing Paired Data

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Tests for a Mean Difference

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Technology and the State-Simulate-Conclude Process

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 4 Exercises

• Chapter 8 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 8 Investigative Project

Chapter 9: More Measures of Variability

Which 7-Iron is More Consistent?

• Section 1: Measuring Variability with the Mean Absolute Deviation

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Measuring Variability with the Standard Deviation

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Tests for a for a Difference in Two Standard Deviations

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 4 Exercises

• Chapter 9 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 9 Investigative Project

Chapter 10: Standardized Scores and Normal Distributions

Who Should I Draft for my Fantasy Baseball Team?

• Section 1: Standardized Scores (z-scores)

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Normal Distributions and the 68-95-99.7 Rule

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Normal Distribution Calculations

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 4 Exercises

• Chapter 10 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 10 Investigative Project

Chapter 11: Sampling with Confidence

What is Americas Favorite Sport to Watch?

• Section 1: Sampling and Bias

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Sampling Variability and Confidence Intervals

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Estimating ABILITY with Confidence Intervals

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 4 Exercises

• Chapter 11 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 11 Investigative Project

Chapter 12: Relationships between Two Quantitative Variables

Teeing Off: Hit it Long or Hit it Straight?

• Section 1: Displaying Relationships

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Correlation

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Testing the Correlation

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 5 Exercises

• Chapter 12 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 12 Investigative Project

Chapter 13: Using Relationships to Make Predictions

How Can We Build a Better Baseball Team?

• Section 1: Predictions and Residuals

• Section 1 Exercises

• Section 2: Least-Squares Regression Lines

• Section 2 Exercises

• Section 3: Assessing a Least-Squares Regression Line

• Section 3 Exercises

• Section 4: Regression to the Mean

• Section 4 Exercises

• Section 5: Other Applications (Its not just sports)

• Section 5 Exercises

• Chapter 13 Summary

• What Did You Learn?
• Chapter Review Exercises
• Chapter 13 Investigative Project

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