Question 1

Which of the following is an example of primary data?

Accepted Answer

A)  internet research 
B)  Nielsen ratings 
C)  internal company data 
D)  published industry standards 
E)  none of the above 
A)  internet research 
B)  Nielsen ratings 
C)  internal company data 
D)  published industry standards 
E)  none of the above C

Question 2

GPS units are fitted with accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers, providing data on accelerations, decelerations, change of direction movements, and vertical jumps (height and frequency) performed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Assume you were going to develop a video system for an international games event. Name ten components of video replay that can enhance your team's medal haul at the games.

Accepted Answer

Answer to this question will change based on the chosen sport. If we take basketball as an example, video replay would be used to analyze individual athletes' performance on various aspects such as shooting percentage, area with better percentage, turnover analysis, opponent's game analysis, steals, fouls, shot selection, etc.

Question 4

A binary variable is similar to a Likert Scale with an option of 1-5 with one being strongly disagree and 5 being strongly agree.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

If you are a social scientist studying impact of several variables on family income, what type of variable family income would be?

Accepted Answer

A)  independent variable 
B)  dependent variable 
C)  repeat variable 
D)  dummy variable 
E)  none of the above 
A)  independent variable 
B)  dependent variable 
C)  repeat variable 
D)  dummy variable 
E)  none of the above

Question 6

The book compared a caricature drawing with a theory to show how creative they could be.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

One way to find a quant is to look at professors or students at a local college.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

By 2021 the sport analytics industry forecast is supposed to reach $50 billion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What can Force Plate Technology help evaluate?

Accepted Answer

The assessment of vertical jump (VJ) per

Question 10

In TV shows the CSI folks actually match up a fingerprint to an image of another fingerprint.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Sydney Swans Football Club has utilized a neural network system to identify which athletes to draft.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Text and videos are examples of unstructured data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

One of the biggest benefits of optical tracking is defining regions of value in a playing area and computing a players' ability to control or 'dominate' that space.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

How would you define ordinal variables?

Accepted Answer

An ordinal variable signifies the order

Question 15

Machine learning utilizes algorithms to identify and learn from patterns in data to make predictions without the need for the machine to be explicitly programmed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Sport analytics has allowed the coupling of structured (e.g. GPS) and unstructured data (e.g. medical and treatment notes) to more effectively evaluate athletes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is better than more data?

Accepted Answer

A)  better data 
B)  accurate data 
C)  correct data 
D)  provable data 
E)  all of the above 
A)  better data 
B)  accurate data 
C)  correct data 
D)  provable data 
E)  all of the above

Question 18

Force plate measurements can only be undertaken in a lab due to the equipment's size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is an example of primary data?

GPS units are fitted with accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers, providing data on accelerations, decelerations, change of direction movements, and vertical jumps (height and frequency) performed.

Assume you were going to develop a video system for an international games event. Name ten components of video replay that can enhance your team's medal haul at the games.

A binary variable is similar to a Likert Scale with an option of 1-5 with one being strongly disagree and 5 being strongly agree.

If you are a social scientist studying impact of several variables on family income, what type of variable family income would be?

The book compared a caricature drawing with a theory to show how creative they could be.

One way to find a quant is to look at professors or students at a local college.

By 2021 the sport analytics industry forecast is supposed to reach $50 billion.

What can Force Plate Technology help evaluate?

In TV shows the CSI folks actually match up a fingerprint to an image of another fingerprint.

The Sydney Swans Football Club has utilized a neural network system to identify which athletes to draft.

Text and videos are examples of unstructured data.

One of the biggest benefits of optical tracking is defining regions of value in a playing area and computing a players' ability to control or 'dominate' that space.

How would you define ordinal variables?

Machine learning utilizes algorithms to identify and learn from patterns in data to make predictions without the need for the machine to be explicitly programmed.

Sport analytics has allowed the coupling of structured (e.g. GPS) and unstructured data (e.g. medical and treatment notes) to more effectively evaluate athletes.

What is better than more data?

Force plate measurements can only be undertaken in a lab due to the equipment's size.

Introduction

An Introduction to Analytics and Data

The Data Ecosystem

Strategic Talent Management Analytics

Analytics in Sport Marketing

Analytics in Digital Marketing

Sport ﬁnance by the Numbers

Sport Law by the Numbers

Manufacturing Production Analytics

Event Management by the Numbers

Facility Management Analytics

Putting It All Together

Data Analysis and Probability

Filters

Exam 4: The Data Game: Analyzing Our Way to Better Sport Performance

Which of the following is an example of primary data?

GPS units are fitted with accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers, providing data on accelerations, decelerations, change of direction movements, and vertical jumps (height and frequency) performed.

Assume you were going to develop a video system for an international games event. Name ten components of video replay that can enhance your team's medal haul at the games.

A binary variable is similar to a Likert Scale with an option of 1-5 with one being strongly disagree and 5 being strongly agree.

If you are a social scientist studying impact of several variables on family income, what type of variable family income would be?

The book compared a caricature drawing with a theory to show how creative they could be.

One way to find a quant is to look at professors or students at a local college.

By 2021 the sport analytics industry forecast is supposed to reach $50 billion.

What can Force Plate Technology help evaluate?

In TV shows the CSI folks actually match up a fingerprint to an image of another fingerprint.

The Sydney Swans Football Club has utilized a neural network system to identify which athletes to draft.

Text and videos are examples of unstructured data.

One of the biggest benefits of optical tracking is defining regions of value in a playing area and computing a players' ability to control or 'dominate' that space.

How would you define ordinal variables?

Machine learning utilizes algorithms to identify and learn from patterns in data to make predictions without the need for the machine to be explicitly programmed.

Sport analytics has allowed the coupling of structured (e.g. GPS) and unstructured data (e.g. medical and treatment notes) to more effectively evaluate athletes.

What is better than more data?

Force plate measurements can only be undertaken in a lab due to the equipment's size.

Introduction

An Introduction to Analytics and Data

The Data Ecosystem

Strategic Talent Management Analytics

Analytics in Sport Marketing

Analytics in Digital Marketing

Sport ﬁnance by the Numbers

Sport Law by the Numbers

Manufacturing Production Analytics

Event Management by the Numbers

Facility Management Analytics

Putting It All Together

Data Analysis and Probability

Filters