Recently I believe this list had questions about riskiness of "extreme" sports, and other sports. Also, someone has been discussing the possibilities of discovering a statistical model to predict likely horse race winners.
These folks at the U of Hertfordshire might know a lot about how to do both topics. they may have done it already. Jay Neil Spencer wrote: > UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES > www.herts.ac.uk/business/staff_public/nhspencer_public/seminars > > Sponsored by Department of Statistics, Economics, Accounting and > Management Systems, Business School, University of Hertfordshire. > > Monday 11th November 2002, 2:30pm, room F324, Hatfield campus > John Haigh (University of Sussex) > Title: "Statistical Models in Sport" > Abstract: > "In seeking to get an insight into various sports, statistical models > have been built, and tested against data. They can be used both to > analyse performance, and (sometimes) to suggest tactics. Here we will > look at models in several different sports, invoking a range of > notions from statistics." > > Forthcoming: > Wednesday 27th November 2002, 2:30pm, room C408, Hatfield campus > Robert Haining (University of Cambridge) > Title: "Modelling High Crime Areas in English Cities: A Spatial > Statistical Analysis of Sheffield Data" > > Wednesday 15th January 2002, 2:30pm, room R2, Hertford campus (Please > note different campus location) > Chris Ricketts (University of Plymouth) > Title: "Using Computer-assisted Assessment to Improve Student Learning > of Statistics" > > Wednesday 12th February 2002, 2:30pm, room tba, Hatfield campus > Catriona Queen (Open University) > Title: "Modelling a Traffic Network" > > For further information regarding location, parking, etc., > please contact Neil Spencer (details below). > > ****************************************************************** > Dr Neil H. Spencer > Senior Lecturer in Statistics > Head of Statistical Services and Consultancy Unit > > Statistical Services and Consultancy Unit Address: > Lindop Building, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield Campus, > College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, U.K. > Telephone: +44 (0) 1707 284366 > Fax: +44 (0) 1707 284799 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.herts.ac.uk/business/centres/sscu > > Departmental Address: > Dept. of Statistics, Economics, Accounting and Management Systems, > Business School, University of Hertfordshire, Hertford Campus, > Mangrove Road, Hertford, SG13 8QF, U.K. > Telephone: +44 (0) 1707 285529 > Fax: +44 (0) 1707 285489 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.herts.ac.uk/business/staff_public/nhspencer_public > ****************************************************************** -- Jay Warner Principal Scientist Warner Consulting, Inc. 4444 North Green Bay Road Racine, WI 53404-1216 USA Ph: (262) 634-9100 FAX: (262) 681-1133 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.a2q.com The A2Q Method (tm) -- What do you want to improve today? . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
