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A Fresh Shot at Statistics in the Classroom: Three Perspectives Using World Cup Soccer Player Data

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Pages 86-98 | Published online: 04 Jan 2022

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Table 1 Summary table for the FIFA World Cup soccer player dataset.

Fig. 1 Example table to use in class to keep track of teams with shared birthdays.

Fig. 1 Example table to use in class to keep track of teams with shared birthdays.

Fig. 2 Histogram of empirical probabilities for large n.

Fig. 2 Histogram of empirical probabilities for large n.

Fig. 3 Illustration of the law of large numbers.

Fig. 3 Illustration of the law of large numbers.

Fig. 4 Example snippet from the original 2018 FIFA World Cup data frame (called playersM in the given R code).

Fig. 4 Example snippet from the original 2018 FIFA World Cup data frame (called playersM in the given R code).

Fig. 5 Proportion of players born in each month of the year, computed separately by men and women.

Fig. 5 Proportion of players born in each month of the year, computed separately by men and women.

Fig. 6 Proportion of players born on each day of the month, computed separately by men and women.

Fig. 6 Proportion of players born on each day of the month, computed separately by men and women.

Fig. 7 Scatterplot and LOESS curve for the relationship between age (in years) and goals scored.

Fig. 7 Scatterplot and LOESS curve for the relationship between age (in years) and goals scored.

Fig. 8 Scatterplot and LOESS curves for the relationship between age (in years) and goals scored separated by position and compared across the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Fig. 8 Scatterplot and LOESS curves for the relationship between age (in years) and goals scored separated by position and compared across the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Fig. 9 Scatterplot of the relationship between age (in years) and goals scored (log(x + 1) transformed) compared across the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup and accounting for differences in field position.

Fig. 9 Scatterplot of the relationship between age (in years) and goals scored (log(x + 1) transformed) compared across the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup and accounting for differences in field position.
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