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Author:

Miller, John Z

Title:

PROJECTING EARLY ENTRY INTO THE NFL

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

NFL
height
QBR
binomial logistic regression
passer rating
completion percentage
NFL draft
early entry
special eligibility
scout
analytics
starting experience
prediction
regression model

File:

Download NFL_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Slayton, Joshua

Title:

And the Oscar Goes to... (An Application and Comparison of Models Used to Predict the Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture)

Area of Honors:

Statistics

Keywords:

statistics
logistic regression
decision tree
leave-one-out cross validation
oscars
academy awards
best picture
prediction
data analysis
classification
regression

File:

Download Slayton_Josh_AndTheOscarGoesTo.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michael Rutter, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Rutter, Thesis Honors Advisor
Terry Mark Blakney, Faculty Reader