Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, and Other Decision Makers

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Synopsis
Benjamin C. Alamar founded the first journal dedicated to sports statistics, the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. He developed and teaches a class on sports analytics for managers at the University of San Francisco and has published numerous cutting-edge studies on strategy and player evaluation. Today, he cochairs the sports statistics section of the International Statistics Institute and consults with several professional teams and businesses in sports analytics. There isn't a better representative of this emerging field to show diverse organizations how to implement analytics into their decision-making strategies, especially as analytic tools grow increasingly complex. Alamar provides a clear, easily digestible survey of the practice and a detailed understanding of analytics' vast possibilities. He explains how to evaluate different programs and put them to use. Using concrete examples from professional sports teams and case studies demonstrating the use and value of analytics in the field, Alamar designs a roadmap for managers, general managers, and other professionals as they build their own programs and teach their approach to others.
Copyright:
2013

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
152 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780231535250
Related ISBNs:
9780231162920
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Benjamin C. Alamar
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Sports, Business and Finance, Mathematics and Statistics
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Dean Oliver

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