Measuring the effectiveness of playing strategies at soccer

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 541-550

  Pollard, Richard ^a   Reep, Charles ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Polytech State Univ ^*

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Performance analysis; Soccer strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000462744     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00108     Document Type: Article

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