{"product_id":"improving-your-ncaa-r-bracket-with-statistics-hardback","title":"Improving Your NCAA® Bracket with Statistics - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-four million people wager nearly $3 billion on college basketball pools each year, but few are aware that winning strategies have been developed by researchers at Harvard, Yale, and other universities over the past two decades. Bad advice from media sources and even our own psychological inclinations are often a bigger obstacle to winning than our pool opponents. Profit opportunities are missed and most brackets submitted to pools don’t have a breakeven chance to win money before the tournament begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImproving Your NCAA® Bracket with Statistics is both an easy-to-use tip sheet to improve your winning odds and an intellectual history of how statistical reasoning has been applied to the bracket pool using standard and innovative methods. It covers bracket improvement methods ranging from those that require only the information in the seeded bracket to sophisticated estimation techniques available via online simulations. Included are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eProminently displayed bracket improvement tips based on the published research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eA history of the origins of the bracket pool\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eA history of bracket improvement methods and their results in play\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistorical sketches and background information on the mathematical and statistical methods that have been used in bracket analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eA source list of good bracket pool advice available each year that seeks to be comprehensive\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eWarnings about common bad advice that will hurt your chances\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Adams’ work presenting bracket improvement methods has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Sports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmartMoney\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45600161595630,"sku":"9781138597785","price":116.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/improving-your-ncaa-r-bracket-with-statistics-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}