UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE STATISTICS GROUP SEMINAR SERIES
(follow links from
http://www.herts.ac.uk/business/sams/staff/nhspencer.htm
for web pages)
Sponsored by Department of Statistics, Accounting and
Management Systems, Business School, University of Hertfordshire.
Wednesday 31st January 2001, time 2:30, Hertford Campus, Room M1
Howard Grubb (University of Reading)
Title: "Swimming, cycling and running - how do you find the best
athlete?"
Abstract:
"The outcome of athletics events is on the face of it quite
straightforward - the first person across the line or the
longest/highest throw/jump is the winner. There are however issues in
comparing performances between events - is a 100m time "better" (in
some sense) than a 200m time (or than a marathon)? These issues are
particularly relevant for multi-sports events, where the outcome is an
aggregate of performances in several disciplines. Examples of such
events are the decathlon (and heptathlon) where systems of points
scoring in each component discipline allow a run to be compared with a
throw. Recently triathlon (swimming, cycling and running) was included
in the Olympics. Here the winner is the first athlete across the line,
meaning that 1 second of swimming is taken to be equivalent to 1
second of cycling. Data from these events is examined to see how the
relative strengths of the athletes in each discipline contribute to
their overall placings and whether the order of the component
disciplines favours certain strengths."
Wednesday 14th March 2001, time 1:30pm, Hertford Campus, Room M1
Chris Tofallis (University of Hertfordshire)
Title: to be announced
For further information regarding location, parking, etc.,
please contact Neil Spencer (details below)
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Dr Neil H Spencer,
Senior Lecturer in Statistics,
Department of Statistics, Accounting and Management Systems,
University of Hertfordshire,
Hertford Campus, Mangrove Road,
Hertford, SG13 8QF,
ENGLAND.
Telephone: +44 1707 285529
Fax: +44 1707 285489
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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