One of the most fundamental statistical concepts is the idea of statistical significance. Statisticians learn how to conduct hypothesis tests to determine whether or not…
As the 2023 baseball season is getting underway, one of the most talked about topics is the average length of a baseball game. Just exactly…
OPS in baseball is arguably the first “advanced stat” that sports fans come across. While traditional stats like batting average and ERA count how many…
WHIP in baseball is often the first stat mentioned after a pitcher’s ERA. It is one of the most heavily used statistics in baseball to…
At TheDataJocks, we like to focus on statistics but more broadly we’re all about gaining a deeper understanding of the games we love. Today we’re…
How could something called “the secretary problem” be at all useful in sports analytics? Pretend you’re Aaron Judge this offseason. You’re pretty sure that all…
One of the most under-taught tools in mathematics is the autocorrelation function. Autocorrelation functions are extremely useful whenever data are related to time or are…
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The 2022 MLB Playoffs are here and that means its time to preview what we think is likely to happen. This article contains our estimated…
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The credit assignment problem in sports analytics asks the fundamental question of how to divide the credit from a particular event to each of the…
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In our last article, we looked at how best to model the number of batters faced per inning in a typical baseball game. In this…
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