Quiz 4 - Sports Analytics

In relation to sports business, the term "Moneyball" refers best to which of the following concepts:

The use of statistics to discover and exploit the inefficiencies in the valuation of individual players

Analvtic-based marketing systems are never referred to as marketing machines

True

Analytics is often incorrectly described as "moneyball"

True

A weak sports analytics program will save the decision maker time by making all of the relevant information for evaluating players or team or prospects efficiently available.

False

Which of the following is a quantitative source of data that needs to be managed within a data management system:

Fan feedback on websites and social media

Which of the following is an example of an input that can collect data, stored in a data management system, to be measured by sports managers to help make data-informed decisions?

Fitbit watches

Which of the following is an example of quantitative data used in sports analytics systems?

Game statistics

The following three basic components make up the core of sports analytics:

Information systems, predictive modeling, data management

Which of the following is not an explicit goal of a sports analytics program?

None are the explicit goals of a sports analytics program

Which of the following is NOT an element of a strong data management system for sports analytics?

Predictive Analytics