Is Roger Clemens' Whip Trajectory Unusual?
The rate at which baseball pitchers allow hits and walks, adjusted for the pool of pitches and numbers of batters, is modeled using piecewise quadratic functions to compare career trajectories.
Announcing the Burtin Graphic Contest Winners
Graphics contest winners: three insightful, but very different, displays of Burtin's 1951 antibiotic effectiveness data
Building and Validating High Throughput Lung Cancer Biomarkers
Statistical considerations for predicting lung cancer using gene expression data: design, building a genomics-based classifier, and validation
What Are the Odds? Another look at DiMaggio's streak
Calculating the probability that DiMaggio would hit in 56 consecutive games is a common exercise for a probability class, but there are many other related questions that arise.
'The Natural'? The effect of steroids on offensive performance in baseball
The authors' study determines whether there was an observable increase in offensive performance due to steroid use.
