Jim Albert: 8 books

Book cover of Analyzing Baseball Data with R, Second Edition
by Max Marchi, Jim Albert, Benjamin S. Baumer
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018

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...
Book cover of Curve Ball

Curve Ball

Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game

by Jim Albert, Jay Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2007

A look at baseball data from a statistical modeling perspective! There is a fascination among baseball fans and the media to collect data on every imaginable event during a baseball game and this book addresses a number of questions that are of interest to many baseball fans. These include how to...
Book cover of Visualizing Baseball
by Jim Albert
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017

Visualizing Baseball provides a visual exploration of the game of baseball. Graphical displays are used to show how measures of performance, at the team level and the individual level, have changed over the history of baseball. Graphs of career trajectories are helpful for understanding the rise...
Book cover of Fantastic Stories Presents the Worlds of If Super Pack #2
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., R. A. Lafferty
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016

Worlds of If' was a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. 'Worlds of If' discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the second in our 'Worlds of If' series, with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. '2BR02B'...
Book cover of The Economics and Political Economy of Energy Subsidies
by Ian Parry, Michelle Harding, Herman Vollebergh
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016

The economic and political aspects of energy subsidies, viewed both theoretically and empirically, with a focus on fossil fuel subsidies in developing nations. Government subsidies to energy are widespread and represent a heavy burden on public budgets in many countries. Both producers and...
Book cover of Southern Baptist Identity

Southern Baptist Identity

An Evangelical Denomination Faces the Future

by Thom Rainer, Gregory A. Wills, Richard Land
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009

What was once a small, southern, predominantly white denomination has become America's largest evangelical denomination. Yet with the Southern Baptist Convention's growth have come the challenges of increasing fragmentation, theological controversy, and sweeping cultural change. These challenges have...
Book cover of Inspiration and Innovation in Teaching and Teacher Education
by John R. Wiens, Garth Pickard, Clive Beck
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013

Inspiration and Innovation in Teaching and Teacher Education is an edited collection that offers a variety of conceptual and research-based discussions on teaching and teacher education in Canada and internationally. The ideas, research, and practices presented in the book focus on three broad themes:...
Book cover of Pensando la Educación Física como área de conocimiento

Pensando la Educación Física como área de conocimiento

Problematizaciones pedagógicas del sujeto y el cuerpo

by Adrián Ferreira, Carlos Skliar, Carlos Cullen
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 5, 2019

Pensando la Educación Física como área de conocimiento ha sido producto de las investigaciones, artículos y ponencias presentadas en las Conferencias Académicas –del período 2013-2015– producidas por el Seminario Permanente de Investigación del Laboratorio de Investigaciones Pedagógicas...
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