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Analyzing Baseball Data with R, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series) by Max Marchi, Jim Albert, Max Marchi, Jim Albert, Benjamin S. Baumer is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Analyzing Baseball Data with R, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series) about?

Analyzing Baseball Data with R Second Edition introduces R to sabermetricians, baseball enthusiasts, and students interested in exploring the richness of baseball data. It equips you with the necessary skills and software tools to perform all the analysis steps, from importing the data to transforming them into an appropriate format to visualizing the data via graphs to performing a statistical analysis. The authors first present an overview of publicly available baseball datasets and a gentle introduction to the type of data structures and exploratory and data management capabilities of R. They also cover the ggplot2 graphics functions and employ a tidyverse-friendly workflow throughout. Much of the book illustrates the use of R through popular sabermetrics topics, including the Pythagorean formula, runs expectancy, catcher framing, career trajectories, simulation of games and seasons, patterns of streaky behavior of players, and launch angles and exit velocities. All the datasets and R code used in the text are available online. New to the second edition are a systematic adoption of the tidyverse and incorporation of Statcast player tracking data (made available by Baseball Sava

Who reads Analyzing Baseball Data with R, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series)?

Author

Max Marchi, Jim Albert, Max Marchi, Jim Albert, Benjamin S. Baumer

Publisher

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351107075

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Mathematics, Sports, Computer Science