Null, Brad - In: Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 5 (2009) 2, pp. 5-5
In this paper we introduce the nested Dirichlet probability distribution and propose a method of using it to model … outcome type in any typical plate appearance. We then use the method of maximum likelihood to fit a nested Dirichlet joint … prior distribution on x for all MLB batters (excluding pitchers) over the period from 2003-2006.As the nested Dirichlet …
