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Activity Number:
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155
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Monday, July 30, 2007 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Sports
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| Abstract - #309070 |
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Title:
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Is Tiger a Winner, or Is He Just Better Than Everyone?
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Author(s):
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Scott Berry*+
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Companies:
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Berry Consultants
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Address:
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3145 Chaco Canyon Drive, College Station, TX, 77845,
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Keywords:
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Golf ; Tiger Woods ; Psychological Effects ; Sports ; Bayesian
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Abstract:
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When commentators and the sporting public talk about Tiger Woods they inevitably say he has a tremendous will to win and is mentally better than everyone else. Sports are notorious for attaching "reasons" to randomness--there has to be a reason he wins so darn much. The sports world also loves "winners." Is Tiger Woods a winner, or is he so much better than everyone else that he just wins a lot? In this talk, I use a Bayesian hierarchical model to address how good Tiger Woods is---and why he wins so much. If time permits I also will discuss what elements of his game make him so good---is it his individual measurable attributes or his intangibles?
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- Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
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