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. Beating the Vegas Spread: Using Multiple Regression to Predict the Outcome of College Basketball Games Open Access Author: Grabowski, Connor Title: Beating the Vegas Spread: Using Multiple Regression to Predict the Outcome of College Basketball Games Area of Honors: Actuarial Science Keywords: actuarial sciencesportsgamblingstatisticsregressionactuarialactuarybasketball File: Download Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Steven L Putterman, Thesis SupervisorAndrew John Wiesner, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
