What statistics can tell us about strategy in tennis

dc.contributor.authorKawashima, I. Y.
dc.contributor.authorHelene, O.
dc.contributor.authorYamashita, M. T. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMarques de Carvalho, R. S.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T17:07:35Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T17:07:35Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-01
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we analyse tiebreak results from some tennis players in order to investigate whether we are able to identify a non-aleatory distribution of the points in this crucial moment of the game. We compared the observed results with a binomial distribution considering that the probabilities of winning or losing a point are equal. Using a χ2 test we found that, excepting some players, the greatest part of the results agrees with our hypothesis that the points in tiebreaks are merely aleatory.en
dc.description.affiliationEscola Paulista de Medicina UNIFESP
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 66318
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Física Teórica UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, C.P. 70532-2
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Informática em Saúde Escola Paulista de Medicina UNIFESP
dc.description.affiliationUnespInstituto de Física Teórica UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, C.P. 70532-2
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9126-RBEF-2016-0048
dc.identifier.citationRevista Brasileira de Ensino de Fisica, v. 38, n. 3, 2016.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/1806-9126-RBEF-2016-0048
dc.identifier.fileS1806-11172016000300414.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0102-4744
dc.identifier.scieloS1806-11172016000300414
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84994591857
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/173751
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Brasileira de Ensino de Fisica
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectBinomial Distribution
dc.subjectSports
dc.subjectχ2 Test
dc.titleWhat statistics can tell us about strategy in tennisen
dc.typeArtigo

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