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

This book is a practical, nontechnical guide to incorporating sports data into decision making, giving leaders the knowledge they need to maximize their organization's investment in analytics.

List of contents

Foreword, by Jessica Gelman
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to Sports Analytics
2. Data and Data Management
3. Data and Information
4. Information Systems
5. Statistical Models and How to Use Them
6. Predictive Analytics in Action
7. Analytics in the Organization: Innovation and Implementation
8. Data and Decision Making
9. Analytics in the Organization: A Blueprint for Analytic Success
Notes
Index

About the author

Benjamin C. Alamar has been a leader in sports analytics for more than fifteen years, working with organizations including ESPN, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and StubHub. He has taught at universities including Rice, Columbia, and MIT. The founder of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, Alamar has written for outlets such as ESPN, Analytics magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.

Summary

This book is a practical, nontechnical guide to incorporating sports data into decision making, giving leaders the knowledge they need to maximize their organization’s investment in analytics.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Alamar
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2024
• EAN: 9780231205207
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20520-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; SPORTS & RECREATION / Coaching / General, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Training, Sports training & coaching, Probability & statistics, Sports training and coaching, Probability and statistics, Data analysis: general, Data science and analysis: general, sports & recreation; business & economics