1. Comparative Analysis of Fantasy Football Draft Projection Accuracy Open Access Author: Andrejko, Paul Martin Title: Comparative Analysis of Fantasy Football Draft Projection Accuracy Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: fantasy footballdraft projectionsfantasy football draftdraftespnsports illustratedyahoo File: Download Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorAndrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorNaomi S Altman, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Developing a New Metric for NBA Player Evaluation: Points Per Lost Possession Open Access Author: Gerberich, Derek C Title: Developing a New Metric for NBA Player Evaluation: Points Per Lost Possession Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: NBAbasketballmoneyballBill JamesBill Simmonsforecastingpoints per lost possessionPPLPpredictive modelssports File: Download points_per_lost_possession.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorMurali Haran, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. Predicting Major League Baseball Playoff Probabilities Using Logistic Regression Open Access Author: Bittner, Evan James Title: Predicting Major League Baseball Playoff Probabilities Using Logistic Regression Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: statisticsbaseballlogisticregressionlogistic regressionplayoffsprobability File: Download Evan_Bittner_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorMurali Haran, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. Using Conventional and Sabermetric Baseball Statistics for Predicting Major League Baseball Win Percentage Open Access Author: Decesare, Victoria Ellen Title: Using Conventional and Sabermetric Baseball Statistics for Predicting Major League Baseball Win Percentage Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: MLBMajor League Baseballbaseballsabermetricsregression analysisstatisticscorrelationsports statistics File: Download Victoria_DeCesare_Thesis_-_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorDavid Russell Hunter, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. ANALYZING AND PREDICTING THE SUCCESS OF NBA SECOND-ROUND PICKS USING ADVANCED COLLEGE PERFORMANCE METRICS Open Access Author: Yang, Jay Title: ANALYZING AND PREDICTING THE SUCCESS OF NBA SECOND-ROUND PICKS USING ADVANCED COLLEGE PERFORMANCE METRICS Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: statisticsbasketballregressionNBANBA Draftcollege basketball File: Download ANALYZING_AND_PREDICTING_THE_SUCCESS_OF_NBA_SECOND-ROUND_PICKS_USING_ADVANCED_COLLEGE_PERFORMANCE_METRICS.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorMatthew D Beckman, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. A Qualitative Approach to Predicting the Success of NFL Draftees Open Access Author: Insley, Drew Title: A Qualitative Approach to Predicting the Success of NFL Draftees Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: NFLSports AnalyticsStatisticsMachine Learning File: Download Insley_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorMatthew D Beckman, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. Optimizing Roster Composition in Major League Baseball Open Access Author: Kroboth, Kyle Title: Optimizing Roster Composition in Major League Baseball Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: sportsanalyticsbaseballmarket sizeregressionstatisticslinear File: Download Honors_Thesis_-_Roster_Composition_-_KK.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorMatthew D Beckman, Thesis Honors Advisor
8. Predicting the Outcome of the Final Sixteen Teams in College Basketball Using Time Series Analysis and Markov Chains Open Access Author: Miller, Christopher Title: Predicting the Outcome of the Final Sixteen Teams in College Basketball Using Time Series Analysis and Markov Chains Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: StatisticsCollege BasketballTime-Series File: Download Miller_Christopher_PredicitingMarchMadnessTimeSeries.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorDavid Hunter, Thesis Honors Advisor
9. Projecting MLB Pitcher Performance with Pitch Grades Open Access Author: Zerbe, Malcolm Title: Projecting MLB Pitcher Performance with Pitch Grades Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: BaseballMLBMachine Learning File: Download honors_thesis_mtz3.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Matt Slifko, Thesis SupervisorAndrew John Wiesner, Thesis Honors Advisor