Thomas A. Severini
Bio
Thomas A. Severini is a Professor of Statistics at Northwestern University. He received a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Chicago. He has written several books and published extensively in statistical journals such as Biometrika, the Journal of the American Statistical Association and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Tom has been an avid sports fan for over 40 years. His statistical expertise and his sports knowledge are highlighted in his latest book, Analytic Methods in Sports, 3rd Edition.
Released on January 19, 2026
Analytic Methods in Sports: Using Mathematics and Statistics to Understand Data from Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Other Sports, 3rd Edition
Published by CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
--Covers statistical and mathematical methods chosen specifically because of their importance and usefulness in analyzing sports data.
--Includes application to daily fantasty sports analysis.
--Designed for readers who love sports and sports statistics and who would like to be able to conduct their own analyses.
--Examples cover a wide range of sports including baseball, football, basketball, soccer, hockey, golf, tennis, and lacrosse.
--Instructions on using R and Excel to perform the analyses are provided. Chapter exercises for course work or self-study are also included.
--Designed for readers who are comfortable with mathematics but who do not necessarily have any previous experience with formal statistical methods.
--Advanced methods presented include binary response models, random effects, multilevel models, spline methods, and principal components analysis, and more.
--Many of the datasets in the book are available here.