SM 450
Course Info
Course Name
Introduction to Sport Analytics
Credit Hours
3
Term
As Arranged
Fall
Winter
Instructor
RO Name
Intro to Sport Analy
Level
Undergraduate
Description
This course will introduce students to basic analytic tools and their applications in sports. This course will cover descriptive statistics and correlation analyses. This course will put particular emphasis on learning regression analyses to identify factors that contribute to sports and business performance. The course will conclude with a brief introduction to machine learning and its application in predicting sport game outcomes.
This elective is specific to the SM Policy & Analytics Path (Path 2).
Prerequisites
Enforced: (SOC 210 or STATS 250 or STATS 280 or 400-level STATS course) and SM 238 and SM 241 and SM 249 and SM 330
Component
LEC