{"product_id":"sandlot-stats-learning-statistics-with-baseball-9781421406022","title":"Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball","description":"\u003cp\u003eSandlot Stats uses the national pastime to help students who love baseball learnand enjoystatistics. As Derek Jeter strolls toward the plate  the announcer tosses out a smattering of statisticsfrom hitting streaks to batting averages. But what do the numbers mean? And how can Americas favorite pastime be a model for learning about statistics? Sandlot Stats is an innovative textbook that explains the mathematical underpinnings of baseball so that students can understand the world of statistics and probability. Carefully illustrated and filled with exercises and examples  this book teaches the fundamentals of probability and statistics through the feats of baseball legends such as Hank Aaron  Joe DiMaggio  and Ted Williamsand more recent players such as Barry Bonds  Albert Pujols  and Alex Rodriguez. Exercises require only pen-and-paper or Microsoft Excel to perform the analyses. Sandlot Stats covers all the bases  including  descriptive and inferential statistics  linear regression and correlation  probability  sports betting  probability distribution functions  sampling distributions  hypothesis testing  confidence intervals  chi-square distribution Sandlot Stats offers information covered in most introductory statistics books  yet is peppered with interesting facts from the history of baseball to enhance the interest of the student and make learning fun.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67680992231477,"sku":"ByrdShop_1421406020","price":122.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781421406022.jpg?v=1792072495","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sandlot-stats-learning-statistics-with-baseball-9781421406022","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}