Statistics can be an intimidating course. But our Sports Statistics programs are not like any statistics classes that you will take in school. Students experience how math is used in everyday life from the exciting perspective of sports. And what better place to study statistics than the sports-mad city of Boston? Which teams are most likely to play in next year’s Super Bowl? How has the three-point shot changed basketball? Who is baseball’s most “clutch” hitter? How do you rank a team’s all-time best players?

Sports Statistics begins with the fundamentals. While baseball, with its wealth of data, figures most prominently, other sports may be covered as well. In past years, the groundwork of the principles of probability was laid in the classroom using coins, dice, roulette wheels, and lottery cages. Learning can also take place outdoors as students learn the rules and regulations of tried-and-true sports such as baseball and basketball by engaging in these sports themselves. Students are also introduced to sports that they may not be familiar with. Klootscheiten, anyone?

Methods of scorekeeping and analysis techniques are mastered through practice. Novel applications and the opportunity to explore a variety of sports inject excitement into statistics. Students learn about basic statistical measures as well as extend their knowledge of secondary math. The program focuses primarily on statistics, but may touch upon algebra, calculus, vectors, matrices, and graphing as well. To top it off, the week includes a class field trip to a Red Sox game: we already have tickets for Session 1 vs Baltimore and Session 2 vs Chicago!