books by Jim Albert     books:       Oklahoma Rough Rider: Billy Mcginty's Own Story1 review University of Oklahoma Press, 2008 An absolute must-read for fans of true-life American West exploits, tales and legends. Oklahoma Rough Rider: Billy McGinty's Own Story is the firsthand testimony of Billy McGinty, a veteran cowboy whose horsemanship served him well as one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. He participated in the battle of Las Guasimas, the attack on San Juan Heights, and the siege of Santiago; later, he performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and won the Cowboy Hall of Fame's Great Westerner ...             Teaching Statistics Using Baseball3 reviews Jim Albert The Mathematical Association of America, 2003 A hit about hits If there is one thing that separates the baseball fan from those of other sports, it is their fascination with statistics. By this, I mean the raw data, not the detailed analysis. An enormous amount of data is kept about baseball players and their accomplishments, and nearly all of it is online. It is very detailed, as it is possible to obtain data regarding how a particular batter performed when ...             Bayesian Computation with R (Use R)3 reviews Jim Albert Springer, 2008 more practicality added to Bayesian inference Jim Albert is a great teacher and an excellent writer. The R language is becoming one of the most used languages by statistical researchers. This is because it has many similarities to S and can be used freely, Jim makes R easy to learn for statisticians in this book. One of the big breakthroughs in Bayesian statistics over the past 2 decades was the implementation of complicated priors and ...             Albert Einstein: Rebel Lives1 review Albert Einstein Ocean Press, 2003 A pleasant surprise I didn't have great expectations for this "subversive" look at Albert Einstein, so I was pleasantly surprised when I got around to reading it. Though by no means a complete biography, this "Rebel Lives" volume provides a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at a side of the famous physicist not widely known. This book is a collection of letters, articles and essays, all by Einstein, on ...             Statistical Thinking in Sports1 review Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2007 collection of statistical articles on sports Jim Albert is a professor of statistics and an avid baseball fan. In addition to being one of the leaders of the Section on Statistics in Sports, he has also written the book "Curve Ball" with Jay Bennett that covers the use of statistical methods in baseball. Another one of his books was written for teachers of elementary statistics courses. It teaches them how to make an introductory ...             Pheromones of Non-lepidopteran Insects Associated with Agricultural Plants CABI, 1999 Insect pheromones were first identified in the late 1950s, and much research has been directed to their potential as pest controlling agents. The initial research focused on butterflies and moths because of their significance as agricultural pests, but other insect orders are now being studied as well. Here, leading researchers survey this current work, filling a gap in the literature. Topics include termites, grasshoppers, aphids, scale ...             Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game11 reviews Jim Albert, Jay Bennett Springer, 2003 baseball statistics interpreted by professional statisticians Jim Albert and Jay Bennett share two traits that make them the perfect authors for this type of book (1) they are both baseball fans who know the game and have seen many games and much statistics from many angles and (2) they are both professional statisticians who understand probability and the subtle aspects that chance can have on statistics. By being professional statisticians they also know ...             Anthology of Statistics in Sports (ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability) (ASA-SIAM Series on ...2 reviews Jay Bennett, and James J. Cochran Edited by Jim Albert Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic, 2005 Best Book on stats ever This book will do more for your knowledge of statistics in sports than any book ever - especially the portions written by Dr. Cochran. After re-reading the book, I can't understand why Dr. Cochran has not been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. My Yellow Highlighter has been drained dry ....             Biochemical Methods **ISBN: 9783527302994** A. (EDT)/ Urbanke, Claus/ Hogget, Jim/ Jeltsch, Albert Pingoud John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2002             The fans speak out.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor): An article from: Baseball Digest Richard O. Timms, Nancy Dahl, ... Thomson Gale, 2005 This digital document is an article from Baseball Digest, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 5701 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. 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