Roughly half of the 2012-13 NHL season was missed due to a contract dispute between the player’s association and the…
NFL predictions, 2012-13 postseason
Below lie my unofficial record of the performance of four prediction sites over the course of the 2012-13 NFL postseason,…
Patriots, playoffs, and fumble luck
Several authors at major outlets (starting, I think, with footballoutsiders.com) have noted how the recovery of fumbles in football boils…
Babyplus, scientific evidence, and why it matters to you
A friend of mine – and like myself and my family, she is quite interested in products designed for infants,…
Soda & Depression
A large study, cited here, makes the link between soda consumption and depression. The findings were good enough to make…
The impact of using an instrumental variable
The Journal of Sports Economics published a paper on the effects of coaching turnover in Italian Soccer teams. The JSE…
College football predictions, 2012-13 bowl season
One of my passions is the use of statistics with data from sports. Over the last few years, several sites…
Michigan vs. South Carolina: Missed penalty?
Pretty basic statistics here, but I thought this was interesting. On the game winning play in yesterday’s Outback Bowl, South…
Worst statistics article ever?
Worst statistics article ever? On what’s currently an extremely sensitive topic – the causes of gun violence – the Washington…
About that Header Image
About that Header Image. Congrats to Miles Ott for winning 1st place in Brown Bio-Med’s art contest!
