Course overview
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the use of mathematics, statistics, and probability in the analysis of sports performance, sports records, and strategy. Topics include mathematical analysis of the physics of sports and the determinations of optimal strategies.
Our objective is for students to use these tools over the duration of the course to develop new diagnostic statistics and strategies for sports.
Course information
| Lectures: | Tue/Thu 11:00–12:15, Hewlett Rm 101. |
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| Instructor: | Tom Cover |
| E-mail: cover | |
| Telephone: 650–723–4505 | |
| Office: Packard 254 | |
| Office hours: Wed 2-4 | |
| TA: | Leo Pekelis |
| E-mail: lpekelis | |
| Office: Sequoia 227 | |
| Office hours: Mon 2-4 | |
| E-mails listed above are Stanford addresses. |
More information on the course can be found in the course outline.