Aufsatz(elektronisch)#11. Oktober 1974
Decision Processes of Baseball Batters
In: Human factors: the journal of the Human Factors Society, Band 16, Heft 5, S. 520-527
ISSN: 1547-8181
The human performance characteristics of pitching and batting within the context of baseball game situations are examined to determine their influence on the batter' decision to swing or not at a pitched ball. Signal detection theory techniques are used on generated data to show how the probability of the batter swinging at a "strike" and leaving a "ball" could be optimized. Applications of this approach to game situations and areas for future research are discussed.