More Probability Models for the NCAA Regional Basketball Tournaments

American Statistician

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-38

  Schwertman, Neil C ^a   Schenk, Kathryn L ^a   Holbrook, Brett C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball; Logistic regression; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042093467     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1996.10473539     Document Type: Article

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