mathofsports

STATS 50: FALL 2009

General handouts

• 29 Oct 2009Running questions to think about.
• 22 Oct 2009Do longer games favor the stronger player?
• 24 Sep 2009First-lecture questionnaire | Solutions
• 24 Sep 2009References
• 17 Sep 2009Course outline

Baseball

• 10 Nov 2009Offensive Earned Run Average

Basketball

• 15 Oct 2009Optimal strategies in HORSE (Writeup from Devon Proctor.)

Football

• 15 Oct 2009NFL draft-pick value chart
• 13 Oct 2009Youtube video of 280lb. former Kansas State RB Joe Hall on 60 yard run.
• 13 Oct 2009Stern, H. "On the probability of winning a football game", Amer. Stat., Aug. 1991, vol. 45, no. 3.
• 13 Oct 2009Postrel, V. "The value of different football strategies on fourth down...", New York Times, 12 Sep 2002.
• 13 Oct 2009Romer, D. "Do firms maximize? Evidence from professional football", J. Political Econ., July 2006. (Corrected version)
•   8 Oct 2009Carter, V. and Machol, R. "Operations research on football", Operations Research, vol. 19, no. 2, 1971.
•   8 Oct 2009Romer's field position vs. points graph