van98 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 (edited) Hi, I would like to write my Extened Essay in Mathematics. I am interested in Mathematics and sports (especially football). That is why, I decided to combine those two topics. My first thought was Moneyball (simply put, moneyball is a method of finding undervalued players on the market by reevaluating players’ abilities based on metrics that often reject the traditional wisdom of baseball). I would like to somehow copy this method from Baseball to Football! I know that there is a team in Dennmark - FC Midtjylland - which tries to "calculate football". I would like to find their way of doing it and suggest what could be improved. However, I am not sure whether it is possible to show it mathematically (for example by using one of the option in Mathematics HL, Statistics). I am afraid that it might be too far from Mathematics. Would anyoune suggest/recommend/advice me anything? Edited May 29, 2016 by van98 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 (edited) I think it's a valid attempt. You can still score well in an EE even if you don't quite fully prove or disprove moneyball in football. [EDIT: oops you meant EE. It's best that you provide a thorough conclusion in the EE but perhaps you should make your research question such that you can answer it fully]. ] You have to discuss at least the most fundamental probability concepts and just link it back to curriculum or more advanced statistics. A challenge in doing these explorations where you don't immediately foresee a solid conclusion, is that you have to be careful regarding the "Communication" marks and do a lot of proof reading. Edited May 30, 2016 by kw0573 previously I wrote "IA" 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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