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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishVirtual ClassroomVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability
no

The Syllabus

  • Lahman Database
  • Query Collaboration Forum
  • Retrosheet Database

  • Office Hour 1 (7/22)
  • Office Hour 2 (7/30)
  • Office Hour 3 (8/10)
  • Office Hour 4 (8/25)
  • Office Hour 5 (9/9)

  • Course Overview
  • edX Walkthrough
  • All Star Survey
  • All Star Word Cloud

  • Module 1 Learner Takeaways
  • Sabermetrics: What is Sabermetrics? (2 Questions)
  • Statistics: What is Statistics? (5 Questions)
  • Tech: What is a Database? (4 Questions)
  • Tech: SQL Sandbox Walkthrough and First Queries (17 Questions)
  • History: Henry Chadwick (5 Questions)
  • Interviews: Dave Cameron, Managing Editor of Fangraphs, and Jonah Keri, Lead Baseball Writer of Grantland

  • Module 2 Learner Takeaways
  • Sabermetrics: Hitting Metrics (15 Questions)
  • Statistics: Descriptive Statistics (9 Questions)
  • Tech: Basic SQL Syntax (8 Questions)
  • Tech: GROUP BY and Aggregate Functions (8 Questions)
  • Tech: Sabermetrics in SQL (5 Questions)
  • History: Hugh Fullerton (8 Questions)
  • Interviews: Sean Forman, President of Sports Reference, and Mike DeBartolo, Baseball Operations Analyst, Washington Nationals

  • Module 3 Learner Takeaways
  • Sabermetrics: Different Eras and Run Scoring Environments (21 Questions)
  • Sabermetrics: Runs to Wins (18 Questions)
  • Statistics: Bivariate Analysis (6 Questions)
  • Tech: Intro to SQL Joins (9 Questions)
  • Tech: Advanced SQL Joins (3 Questions)
  • History: F.C. Lane (3 Questions)
  • Interviews: Cory Schwartz, Vice President of Stats, MLB.com, and Joe Bohringer, Director of Pro Scouting, Chicago Cubs

  • Module 4 Learner Takeaways
  • Sabermetrics: Fielding Analytics (24 Questions)
  • Sabermetrics: Pitching Analytics (13 Questions)
  • Tech: Introduction to R (6 Questions)
  • Tech: Manipulating Data and Graphing (10 Questions)
  • History: Allan Roth and Branch Rickey (2 Questions)
  • Interviews: Rob Neyer, Baseball Writer and Commenter

  • Module 5 Learner Takeaways
  • Statistics: Regression to the Mean (21 Questions)
  • Sabermetrics: Runs Estimators (14 Questions)
  • Sabermetrics: Pythagorean Expectation
  • Tech: Functions and Loops in R (6 Questions)
  • Tech: Retrosheet Gamelogs (4 Questions) 
  • History: Earnshaw Cook (4 Questions)
  • Interviews: Dave Appelman, CEO of fangraphs.com; Dave Studenmund, Co-Founder and Co-Manager of The Hardball Times; and Lewie Pollis, Baseball Operations Intern for the Cincinnati Reds

  • Module 6 Learner Takeaways
  • Statistics: Replacement Level (9 Questions)
  • Sabermetrics: Position Player WAR (13 Questions)
  • Sabermetrics: Pitcher WAR (5 Questions)
  • Tech: Attendance Modeling (6 Questions)
  • Tech: Park Factors (4 Questions)
  • History: George Lindsey (8 Questions)
  • Interviews: Christina Kahrl, Writer and Editor at ESPN.com; Jeff Zimmerman, Researcher at fangraphs.com; and Meredith Wills, Data Scientist and Director of Operations at Soliton Sports Solutions

  • Final Exam (31 Questions)
  • End of Course Survey

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