JSM 2011 Online Program
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329 * | Tue, 8/2/2011, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM | CC-B210/211 | |
Rating Competitors in Games and Sports in the 21st Century — Topic Contributed Papers | |||
Section on Statistics in Sports | |||
Organizer(s): Mark E. Glickman, Boston University School of Public Health | |||
Chair(s): A. James O'Malley, Harvard Medical School | |||
10:35 AM | The ABCs of Xqjkz: A New Scrabble Rating System Based on a Statistical Model for Tile-by-Tile Play — Kenneth Shirley, AT&T Labs Research | ||
10:55 AM | Ratings Par Excellence: A New Handicapping System for Golf — Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University | ||
11:15 AM | Paired Comparison Models with Tie Probabilities and Order Effects as a Function of Strength — Mark E. Glickman, Boston University School of Public Health | ||
11:35 AM | Statistics in the Ballroom: Rankings, Voting, Fairness, Prediction, and Quantifying the Palin Effect on 'Dancing with the Stars' — Jason A. Gershman, Nova Southeastern University | ||
11:55 AM | Ratings Central: Accurate, Automated, Bayesian Table Tennis Ratings for Clubs, Leagues, Tournaments, and Organizations — David J. Marcus, Ratings Central | ||
12:15 PM | Floor Discussion |
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