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The Rating of Players in Racquetball Tournaments
Author(s) -
Strauss David,
Arnold Barry C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2347548
Subject(s) - psychology , mathematics , computer science
SUMMARY Maximum likelihood and method of moments estimates are developed for rally winning probabilities for certain sports in which points can only be scored by the server (e.g. racquetball, volleyball, squash and badminton). Such estimates are then used to develop a rating system for the players in a tournament, based on Bradley‐Terry paired comparison methods. The procedures are applied to an actual racquetball tournament.