Ohio MAA 2006 Summer Short Course
Baseball, Statistics, and the Role
of Chance in the Game
Schedule
All sessions will be held in Tolerton & Hood Hall.
·
Tuesday, June 6
·
Wednesday, June 7
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
- Introduction to Baseball
Statistics: A Historical View
- Break
- The Great Quest: Finding the Best Measure of Batting
Performance
- Data Analysis
Activity: Finding the Best Batting
Measure
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Statistical Models for
Hitting Productivity
- Data Analysis
Activity: Looking at Career
Trajectories
- Break
- Baseball Tabletop
Games
5:30 PM
- Picnic - on the patio
at the Campus
Center (no charge
for course participants)
- Game Time: All-Star
Baseball and Strat-O-Matic
·
Thursday, June 8
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
- Coin Tossing Models
for Baseball
- Break
- Simulating Baseball by
a Markov Chain
- Data Analysis
Activity: Looking for Streakiness
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Statistical Thinking
(A Baseball View)
- Situational Data – Is it
Meaningful?
- Break
- Hitting with Runners
in Scoring Position
7:05 PM
·
Friday, June 9
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
- Statistical Adjustment: Finding the Best Hitter of All Time
- Data Analysis
Activity: Exploring Historical Batting
Data
- Break
- A Batting Average: Does
it Represent Luck or Skill?
- Short course concludes
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May 31, 2006, by Michael Zwilling.