Yesterday, I posted on NHL shootouts, and the response was great. A few follow-up points. 1) I was too vague late … More
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NHL shootouts aren’t random. So let’s stop calling them that.
(for Part II, click here) The National Hockey League has once again made headlines for tweaking its standards of playoff qualification, … More
Penalty rates in the NFL
In a 2012 paper in Economic Inquiry, the University of Mississippi’s Carl Kitchens described how a repositioning of an NFL referee … More
Sloan recap
Here’s a summary of an exciting two days at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC). 1) Research paper contest (the … More
Shootout Statistics – What Russia could have done to stop T.J. Oshie
Statistical studies of National Hockey League shootouts have suggested that, by and large, outcomes are random and no skill is … More
The Sabermetric Revolution book reading
Originally posted on Stats in the Wild:
This past Thursday, I attended a book reading at Booklinks Booksellers in Northampton, MA. Benjamin Baumer and…
Follow-up post, Sloan Sports Analytics Conference paper contest
Several people expressed interest in Friday’s post about the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. (click here to read Part I) Thanks … More
An inside look at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference research paper contest
(Update: Click here for Part II, as Sloan updated its ticket policy and is now awarding all poster-winners 1 free ticket) … More
Why biostatistics at Brown was the best thing for me
Each January and February, hundreds of future statistics and biostatistics PhD students are pawns in what can be a nasty … More
NBA projection report card, midseason edition
Early in the season, we explored projections for the 2013-14 NBA season, looking specifically at how analytics folks viewed things. … More
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