Thanks to Stephen Simon for the post on sexism in data on women's sports. I read the blog - it was insightful - and a little disconcerting.
In addition to sexism in sports, there is "sportism". What I mean by that is that sports analytics seem to be confined to hockey, soccer, and basketball (mentioned in the blog for women). Add to that baseball and football for men.
I organized a JSM session for the virtual meeting in Philadelphia to showcase sports that aren't as well analyzed as the "Big Four*", even though there is plenty of data available on them. If you are interested in increasing diversity in sports both gender-wise and sport-wise, please attend the session.
Tuesday, August 4 from 10:00 to 11:50 AM -- a topic contributed papers session on Sports Analytics Outside the Big Four (co-sponsored with the Committee on Women in Statistics and the Committee on Applied Statisticians)
* The "Big Four" are football, basketball, baseball and hockey. Arguably, soccer should be in there, too, which makes it really "the Big Five".
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Monnie McGee
Associate Professor
Southern Methodist University
Dallas,TX United States
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-27-2020 15:51
From: Stephen Simon
Subject: Sexism in sports statistics
I'm not a big fan of sports statistics, but my niece is and I know that many of you are as well. I am forwarding a post from the Lindsay Gibbs blog, Power Plays, where a guest blogger, Jacob Mox, talks about the huge disparities in statistics made available for women's sports versus men's sports.
Sexism in statistics is hurting women's sports| Powerplays | remove preview |
| | Sexism in statistics is hurting women's sports | | Hello, and welcome to Power Plays, a no-bullshit newsletter about women in sports founded by me, Lindsay Gibbs. In today's newsletter, we're going to hear from Jacob Mox, who did a deep dive on the gender gap in sports statistics, how it's hurting women's sports, and the groups that are working hard to make a difference. | | View this on Powerplays > |
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Stephen Simon, blog.pmean.com
Independent Statistical Consultant
P. Mean Consulting
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