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Scorecasting
The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won
Taschenbuch von Tobias Moskowitz (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.

Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships; the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees' tendencies in every sport to "swallow the whistle," and more.

Among the insights that Scorecasting reveals:

• Why Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in high-pressure putting situations that you and I are
• Why professional teams routinely overvalue draft picks
• The myth of momentum or the "hot hand" in sports, and why so many fans, coaches, and broadcasters fervently subscribe to it
• Why NFL coaches rarely go for a first down on fourth-down situations--even when their reluctance to do so reduces their chances of winning.

In an engaging narrative that takes us from the putting greens of Augusta to the grid iron of a small parochial high school in Arkansas, Scorecasting will forever change how you view the game, whatever your favorite sport might be.
In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.

Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships; the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees' tendencies in every sport to "swallow the whistle," and more.

Among the insights that Scorecasting reveals:

• Why Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in high-pressure putting situations that you and I are
• Why professional teams routinely overvalue draft picks
• The myth of momentum or the "hot hand" in sports, and why so many fans, coaches, and broadcasters fervently subscribe to it
• Why NFL coaches rarely go for a first down on fourth-down situations--even when their reluctance to do so reduces their chances of winning.

In an engaging narrative that takes us from the putting greens of Augusta to the grid iron of a small parochial high school in Arkansas, Scorecasting will forever change how you view the game, whatever your favorite sport might be.
Über den Autor
Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Auto-/Motorrad-/Rad-/Flugsport
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780307591807
ISBN-10: 0307591808
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Moskowitz, Tobias
Wertheim, L Jon
Hersteller: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Maße: 203 x 128 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Tobias Moskowitz (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.01.2012
Gewicht: 0,217 kg
Artikel-ID: 121017436
Über den Autor
Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Auto-/Motorrad-/Rad-/Flugsport
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780307591807
ISBN-10: 0307591808
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Moskowitz, Tobias
Wertheim, L Jon
Hersteller: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Maße: 203 x 128 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Tobias Moskowitz (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.01.2012
Gewicht: 0,217 kg
Artikel-ID: 121017436
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