The selection or seeding of college basketball or football teams for postseason competition

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 461, 2003, Pages 17-27

  Harville, David A ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Least squares; Paired comparisons; Prediction; Ranking; Rating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037365007     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214503388619058     Document Type: Article

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