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Month: May 2013

Lessons learned from the 2013 Atlantic Causal Inference Conference

The 2013 Atlantic Causal Inference Conference (ACIC) was held this past Monday and Tuesday at Harvard. It’s an annual meeting … More

ACIC, causal inference

Greatest comebacks in recent Boston sports history

The greatest comebacks in post-2000 Boston sports history, ranked by a combination of estimated statistical improbability & game importance (postseason … More

On the the assumptions of a control variable, using the example of football score differential

Most studies which model athlete behavior try to control for score differential as a mechanism for accounting for player aggressiveness. … More

holding penalties, logistic regression, NFL, score differential

Hot hand theory, updated?

One spot where statistics and sports have commonly intersected is the so-called ‘hot-hand’ theory. Statisticians have argued that athletes – … More

basketball, hot-hand, NBA

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  • @denizselman33 Looks like an incomplete pass to Watkins at the beginning of the 4th https://t.co/4qfa5Hpm3R 19 hours ago
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