About this Specialization
Sports analytics has emerged as a field of research with increasing popularity propelled, in part, by the real-world success illustrated by the best-selling book and motion picture, Moneyball. Analysis of team and player performance data has continued to revolutionize the sports industry on the field, court, and ice as well as in living rooms among fantasy sports players and online sports gambling. Drawing from real data sets in Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), the English Premier League (EPL-soccer), and the Indian Premier League (IPL-cricket), you’ll learn how to construct predictive models to anticipate team and player performance. You’ll also replicate the success of Moneyball using real statistical models, use the Linear Probability Model (LPM) to anticipate categorical outcomes variables in sports contests, explore how teams collect and organize an athlete’s performance data with wearable technologies, and how to apply machine learning in a sports analytics context. This introduction to the field of sports analytics is designed for sports managers, coaches, physical therapists, as well as sports fans who want to understand the science behind athlete performance and game prediction. New Python programmers and data analysts who are looking for a fun and practical way to apply their Python, statistics, or predictive modeling skills will enjoy exploring courses in this series.
| From | University of Michigan via Coursera |
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| Hours | 120 |
| Instructors | Stefan Szymanski, Wenche Wang, Youngho Park, Christopher Brooks, Peter F. Bodary |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Data Science |
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An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Sports Official 1 $28k
Sports Advertising $37k
Writer/Sports Clerk, Sports Department $42k
Sports Publicist $46k
Sports $48k
Sports Professional $48k
Sports Producer 1 $50k
Sports Editor 2 $52k
Sports Consulting $74k
Sports Operator $86k
Sports Marketing Manager, Action Sports $90k
Business Analytics & Advanced Analytics $90k
Courses in this Specialization
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Foundations of Sports Analytics: Data, Representation, and Models in Sports This course provides an introduction to using Python to analyze team performance in sports. Learners will discover a variety of techniques that can be used to represent sports... Coursera | University of Michigan |
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The book Moneyball triggered a revolution in the analysis of performance statistics in professional sports, by showing that data analytics could be used to increase team winning... Coursera | University of Michigan |
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Prediction Models with Sports Data (You were viewing this course) In this course the learner will be shown how to generate forecasts of game results in professional sports using Python. The main emphasis of the course is on teaching the method... Coursera | University of Michigan |
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Wearable Technologies and Sports Analytics Sports analytics now include massive datasets from athletes and teams that quantify both training and competition efforts. Wearable technology devices are being worn by athletes... Coursera | University of Michigan |
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Introduction to Machine Learning in Sports Analytics In this course students will explore supervised machine learning techniques using the python scikit learn (sklearn) toolkit and real-world athletic data to understand both machine... Coursera | University of Michigan |
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| From | University of Michigan via Coursera |
|---|---|
| Hours | 120 |
| Instructors | Stefan Szymanski, Wenche Wang, Youngho Park, Christopher Brooks, Peter F. Bodary |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Data Science |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Sports Official 1 $28k
Sports Advertising $37k
Writer/Sports Clerk, Sports Department $42k
Sports Publicist $46k
Sports $48k
Sports Professional $48k
Sports Producer 1 $50k
Sports Editor 2 $52k
Sports Consulting $74k
Sports Operator $86k
Sports Marketing Manager, Action Sports $90k
Business Analytics & Advanced Analytics $90k
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