Statistics in Sports

Math 192
Brad Hartlaub
Spring 2009

Course Syllabus

Teaching Statistics Using Baseball

Statistics Clinic (8:00 - 10:00 pm in Hayes Hall 311)

Sunday - Jingwan Chen
Tuesday - Katie Woods
Thursday - Alex Zhao

Daily Agendas

January 12
January 14
January 16
January 19
January 21
January 23
January 26
January 28
- Offense wins games, defense wins championships - Daniel Levine, Luke Ivey, and Riley McCracken
January 30
- Winning percentages and performance statistics in the NHL - Lawrence Mulcahy and Dustin Schneider
- Home court advantage in NCAA Division I basketball - Tom Geiger, Waleed Khoury, and Jordan Pedersen
February 2
- Home ice advantage in the NHL - James Asimes and Devin Ensing
- Home runs at Coors Field - Nate Fedor, Dan Gajewski, and Joe Hultzen
- A study of NCAA football recruits and commitment- Nate Spagnola
February 4
- Comparing Carlos Beltran with other center fielders - Mike Kalis, Jimmy Wendt, and Craig Wocl
- Comparing Lebron James with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant - AJ Clair, Tommy Durand, and Catherine Norbeck
- Comparing midfielders in Barclay's Premier League - Aaron Manning and Dan Toulson
February 6
- A closer look at bunting in MLB - Drew Jack and Lauren McNulty
- Who is the greatest tennis player ever? - Justin Greenlee and Jeremy Polster
February 9
- Who is the best MLS goal scorer? - Jared Kunze and Tyler Schatz
February 11
February 13
February 16
- The No-Stats All-Star by Michael Lewis
February 18
February 20 - Quiz #4 and Statistical Modeling Projects
February 23
February 25
Febrary 27 - Exam #1 (Solutions)
March 16
March 18
- Seeding and Winning in the NCAA Basketball Tournament - Justin Greenlee, Jeremy Polster, and Nate Spagnola
March 20
- Selecting the Naismith Award Winner - Jared Kunze and Tyler Schatz
- Great NFL Running Backs - AJ Clair, Tommy Durand, and Catherine Norbeck
March 23
- Perfect Games in MLB - Nate Fedor, Dan Gajewski, and Joe Hultzen
  - Lunardi tosses perfect game
- A Comparison of MLB Shortstops - Drew Jack and Lauren McNulty
- NHL Shootouts - James Asimes and Devin Ensing
March 25
- Making the NHL Playoffs - Lawrence Mulcahy and Dustin Schneider
- The Impact of the Power Play in NHL Hockey - Tom Geiger, Waleed Khoury, and Jordan Pedersen
- Breaking the 100 meter record - Aaron Manning and Dan Toulson
March 27
- Big Ten Football: Lack of BCS success due to speed? - Lucas Ivey and Riley McCracken
- Winning the World Series: Wild Card versus Higher Rated Teams- Mike Kalis, Jimmy Wendt, and Craig Wocl
March 30
April 1
April 3
April 6
April 8 - Lab Session
- Simulation in baseball
April 10 - Problem Session
April 13
- Rookies and the regression effect - James Asimes, Joe Hultzen, and Mike Kalis
April 15
- Did the Philadelphia Athletics throw the 1914 World Series? - Nate Spagnola, Dustin Schneider, and Jordan Pedersen
April 17 - Exam #2
April 20
- MVP in NBA - Lawrence Mulchahy and Tyler Schatz
April 22
- Performance Differential between Men and Women - Jared Kunze and Dan Toulson
- Drive for show, put for dough (Presentation)- Justin Greenlee and Waleed Khoury
April 24
- Experience versus Productivity in MLB - Nate Fedor, Tom Geiger, and Jimmy Wendt
- Badwater Ultramarathon - Lauren McNulty, Catherine Norbeck, and Drew Jack
April 27
- Comparison of swimsuits - Luke Ivey, Aaron Manning, and Riley McCracken
- Smartball - Devin Ensing, Dan Gajewski, and Craig Wocl
April 29
- A Probability Model for Golf Putting - AJ Clair, Tommy Durand, and Jeremy Polster
May 1 - Final Projects / Course and Instructor Evaluations

Homework Assignments

HW #1 - due on Monday, January 19
HW #2 - due on Monday, January 26
HW #3 - due on Monday, February 2
HW #4 - due on Friday, February 13
HW #5 - due on Friday, February 20
HW #6 - due on Wednesday, March 25
HW #7 - due on Friday, March 27 ( or see handouts and notes from presentations on March 20)
HW #8 - due on Monday, March 30 (or see handouts and notes from presentations on March 23)
HW #9 - due on Wednesday, April 1 (or see handouts and notes from presentations on March 25)
HW #10 - due on Friday, April 3 (or see handouts and notes from presentations on March 27)
HW #11 - due on Friday, April 10
HW #12 - due on Monday, April 20
HW #13 - due on Friday, April 24
HW #14 - due on Friday, May 1
HW #15 - due on or before Tuesday, May 5

Solutions

Summary of Minitab Commands

Data Sources

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