3 credits
Fall 2026 Lecture Upper Division
This course is designed to acquire the fundamentals of sports performance analytics. It provides a basic understanding of the different key performance indicators within sports performance analytics including load management, injury prevention, drafting and scouting. The course also provides an understanding of how business analytics can drive decisions in the sport world.
Learning Outcomes1Apply data science principles to sports performance, referred to as sports analytics.
2Apply measurement and statistical modeling to professional athletes in sports.
3Examine professional athletes' performance and implication of injuries on market value.
4Present data to different pro sports industry audiences: players, coaches, and front office management.
5Apply the processes that take place from the inception of a research question, identification of key performance indicators, data collection, statistical analyses, and data visualization, also termed the sports science data protocol.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.