1. 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
2. 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
3. And the Oscar Goes to... (An Application and Comparison of Models Used to Predict the Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture) Open Access 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: statisticslogistic regressiondecision treeleave-one-out cross validationoscarsacademy awardsbest picturepredictiondata analysisclassificationregression File: Download Slayton_Josh_AndTheOscarGoesTo.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michael Rutter, Thesis SupervisorMichael Rutter, Thesis Honors AdvisorTerry Mark Blakney, Faculty Reader
4. Unintentional Single-Family Loan Price and Approval Discrimination on Race through Financial Deserts Open Access Author: Liang, Deric Title: Unintentional Single-Family Loan Price and Approval Discrimination on Race through Financial Deserts Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: statisticseconomicsmortgagesfinancial desertsdiscriminationregressionregularizationregression treemarket competition File: Download LiangDericThesis_FINAL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Qi Li, Thesis SupervisorJia Li, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. 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