Estimation with Selected Binomial Information or do you Really Believe that Dave Winfield is Batting .471?
Estimation with Selected Binomial Information or do you Really Believe that Dave Winfield is Batting .471?
Abstract Often sports announcers, particularly in baseball, provide the listener with exaggerated information concerning a player's performance. For example, we may be told that Dave Winfield, a popular baseball player, has hit safely in 8 of his last 17 chances (a batting average of .471). This is biased, or selected …