ERIC Number: EJ1250609
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Bayesian Statistics in the Classroom: Introducing Shrinkage with Basketball Statistics and the Internet Movie Database
Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, v42 n2 p47-53 Sum 2020
This article promotes Bayesian intuition by introducing the concept of shrinkage with some motivational examples involving basketball statistics of Rudy Gobert and movie rankings from the Internet Movie Database. Supplementary and fully automated R code is provided to allow students to explore shrinkage in this dataset on their own. The content is targeted at the first-year undergraduate level. Students with prior exposure to R would most benefit from the supplementary R code.
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Team Sports, Films, College Freshmen, Regression (Statistics), Athletes, Web Sites
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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