Sport Management Chapter 20 - Analytics

Question 1

The play-by-play of an NBA game is considered what type of data?

Accepted Answer

secondary

Question 2

Sport contests are conducive to analytical practices because of repeated and quantifiable ____.

Accepted Answer

actions and outcomes

Question 3

Which sport is the valuation metric Key Passes (KP) used in?

Accepted Answer

soccer

Question 4

(n variable ticket pricing, teams continually alter set prices in response to change in demand

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Decision makers should make decisions based entirely on analytically determined results

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Weather is a factor to be considered when a team adopts variable ticket pricing

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Which of the following is not the dynamic factor to be accounted in dynamic ticket pricing?

Accepted Answer

seat level

Question 8

The two types of data in sport analytics are __________data and __________ data

Accepted Answer

primary and secondary

Question 9

Which sport is the valuation metric Drive Success Rate (DSR) used in?

Accepted Answer

football

Question 10

Which of the following is not a software program used to conduct data analysis

Accepted Answer

Adobe

Question 11

____models find patterns in data to describe/predict events/outcomes such as game outcomes

Accepted Answer

Analytical

Question 12

Which sport is the valuation metric Wins Above Replacement (WAR) used in?

Accepted Answer

baseball

Question 13

formula to predict a team's winning percentage based on number of points scored and allowed

Accepted Answer

Pythagorean win expectancy

Question 14

Which company specializes in evaluating social media content in the sport industry?

Accepted Answer

MVPindex

Question 15

Within sport management, analytics-based approaches are largely concentrated in marketing.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What is one the major factors that determines the price change in variable ticket pricing?

Accepted Answer

quality of opponent

Question 17

Sport analysts often draw conclusions bases on a single model

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Which sport is the valuation metric Win Shares (WS) used in?

Accepted Answer

basketball

Question 19

calculates conditional probabilities & provides accurate predictions of uncertain outcomes

Accepted Answer

Bayes' rule

Question 20

Sport analytics is based on __ & __, which help explain techniques with terminology & notation

Accepted Answer

mathematics and statistics

Question 21

Google Trends is an analytical tool that counts word searches across time and locations

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Which sport is the valuation metrics Corsi used in?

Accepted Answer

hockey

Question 23

______ models test predetermined relationships or hypotheses

Accepted Answer

Statistical

Question 24

statistical analysis describes relationship between 1+ dependent and 1+ independent variables.

Accepted Answer

Regression

Question 25

Measures the change in the contribution of the player to her team's win expectancy

Accepted Answer

win probability added (WPA) statistics

Sport Management Chapter 20 - Analytics

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Sport Management Chapter 20 - Analytics

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