Momentum does not exist! Yes it does! No it doesn’t! Yes it does! Actually, it both exists and doesn’t exist simultaneously!…
So we entered a Kaggle contest…
The website Kaggle sponsored a March Machine Learning Mania contest over the last few months, which involved picking probabilities for every hypothetical…
Revisiting 2013-14 NBA projections
At the beginning of the year, we looked at how different projection systems viewed the 2013-14 NBA season. To recap,…
What were the odds that you picked this years bracket perfectly?
Two weeks ago, I explained how most of the numbers floating around regarding the “perfect bracket” were missing several key…
The MOOC revolution
As online courses increase in enrollment and opportunity, Johns Hopkins’ Brian Caffo came to Brown on Monday, 4/7, to give a…
Common sense & statistics, using NFL and NBA arrest rates
In his bi-annual mailbag, ESPN’s Bill Simmons takes a sarcastic tone to the NFL, advocating that the NBA should exploit…
On March Madness and perfection
Last week, several media outlets, and many well respected mathematicians, gave their best shot at estimating the odds of replicating…
March Madness 2014 brackets & other notes
Here are my brackets for this year: ML1 ML2 These are meant purely for fun. Also, they are meant for…
Value and March Madness
Picking winners for March Madness isn’t always about picking the team you think will win. Further, it’s not necessarily about…
Are certain NHL teams good at playing for OT?
A series of tweets from @mc79hockey inspired me to write a quick post. https://twitter.com/mc79hockey/status/444354044195110912 https://twitter.com/mc79hockey/status/444353909738323969 https://twitter.com/mc79hockey/status/444353947520606208 https://twitter.com/mc79hockey/status/444353587905183744 Interesting. I’ve had…
