1. 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
2. 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