Sports analytics
Undergraduate · Math
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Undergraduate Sports analytics — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable).
Sports data fundamentals
- Event data vs aggregate statistics — Event data vs aggregate statistics
- Player and team rating systems — Player and team rating systems
- Sabermetrics — Sabermetrics
- Advanced baseball metrics — Advanced baseball metrics
- Expected goals — Expected goals
- Possession models in soccer/hockey — Possession models in soccer/hockey
- Home-field advantage — Home-field advantage
- Schedule effects — Schedule effects
Modeling and prediction
- Regression models for player performance — Regression models for player performance
- Logistic models for win probability — Logistic models for win probability
- Simulation — Simulation
- Monte Carlo season projections — Monte Carlo season projections
- Ranking systems: Elo — Ranking systems: Elo
- Bradley–Terry (intro) — Bradley–Terry (intro)
- Draft and roster optimization (introduction) — Draft and roster optimization (introduction)
Inference and ethics
- Hypothesis testing with small sports samples — Hypothesis testing with small sports samples
- Bayesian updating for in-game decisions — Bayesian updating for in-game decisions
- Analytics in coaching — Analytics in coaching
- Front-office roles — Front-office roles
- Privacy — Privacy
- Fairness in player tracking data — Fairness in player tracking data
Study units
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- Sports data fundamentals
Event data vs aggregate statistics
Coming soon - Modeling and prediction
Regression models for player performance
Coming soon - Inference and ethics
Hypothesis testing with small sports samples
Coming soon
Notes
Undergraduate Sports analytics — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable). Topic outline: `content/topics/undergraduate/sports_analytics.json`.