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Product ID: 99765
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Undergraduate

How Does the NFL Rate Passers? (UMAP)

Author: Roger W. Johnson


With this module, the student will se that the NFL rating is a weighted average of the following: percentage of pass completions, percentage of touchdown passes, percentage of interceptions, and average gain per pass attempt.

Table of Contents:

BEST CAREER NFL RATINGS

A SIMPLE APPROACH TO UNCOVERING THE RATING FORMULA

A LEAST-SQUARES APPROACH TO UNCOVERING THE FORMULA

MODELS AND EXTRAPOLATION

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

SOLUTIONS TO THE EXERCISES

REFERENCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

©1998 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
22 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Abstract & Linear Algebra

Application Areas:

Sports & Recreation

Prerequisites:

Differentiate polynomials and perform basic matrix manipulations.

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