Student Projects and the London Olympics in 2012: Teaching and Learning through Modelling Sporting Performances
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In this note statistical approaches to modelling sporting performances are discussed. Final year projects based on such modelling have proved popular in the past. With the upsurge in interest in the next Olympic Games in London in 2012, such modelling could provide teachers of statistics with a rich source of meaningful student projects. Students may be more motivated to do such projects simply because London is hosting the Games.
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