Description
Drawing on extensive statistical analysis and behavioral economics, this book examines the hidden forces that shape outcomes in sports and challenges widely accepted beliefs about how games are won and lost. Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim test familiar sports adages against real-world data, revealing the surprising effects of factors such as officiating, home-field advantage, momentum, and player and team behavior. Accessible, provocative, and grounded in rigorous research, the book offers a fresh way to understand competition while showing how intuition can often mislead even the most knowledgeable fans.
Available Editions
paperback
Crown Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2012
288 pages
ISBN: 9780307591807
hardcover
Crown
Published Jan 1, 2011
ISBN: 9780307591791
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First Published
2011
Language
eng
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