Projects from past iterations of the course

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Basketball

    A DESCRIPTIVE MODEL FOR NBA PLAYER RATINGS USING SHOT-DISTANCE-SPECIFIC EXPECTED VALUE POINTS PER POSSESSION
    Chris Pickard
    Paper | Slides | pptx (for video)

    BEATING DRAFTKINGS AT DAILY FANTASY SPORTS
    Christoper Barry, Nicholas Canova and Kevin Capiz
    Paper | Slides

    HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL
    Kyle Moroney, Christophe Auber and Alexander Liegl
    Paper | Slides

    NBA COMEBACK CLUTCHNESS: REAL OR JUST NOISE?
    Sandy Huang and Toa Lohe
    Paper | Slides

    BASKETBALL'S CINDERELLA STORIES: WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL UNDERDOG IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT?
    Alinna Brown
    Paper | Slides | pptx (for video)

    OUR SHINING MOMENT: HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING TO DETERMINE NCAA TOURNAMENT SEEDING
    Dan Trunzo and Libby Scholz
    Paper | Slides

    TRYING TOO HARD FOR REBOUNDS: A NUMERICAL STRATEGY
    Joe Summers and Jesse Strober
    Paper | Slides

    PAIRWISE COMPARISON MODELS: A TWO-TIERED APPROACH TO PREDICTING WINS AND LOSSES FOR NBA GAMES
    Tony Liu
    Paper | Slides

    EVALUATING RPI: RANKING COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAMS
    Saj Sri-Kumar, Sarah Rosston
    Paper | Slides

    ASSESSING NBA GENERAL MANAGER PERFORMANCE
    Walker Szurek
    Paper | Slides


Baseball

    MLB PITCHER STRATEGY IN STOLEN BASE OPPORTUNITES
    Jordan Wallach, Zach Esrig and Drew Mathieson
    Paper | Slides

    STATISTICS IN BASEBALL
    Thomas Kimmelman
    Paper | Slides | pptx (for video)

    THE EFFECT OF ROOKIE AGE AND COLLEGE EXPERIENCE ON MLB CAREER PERFORMANCE
    Antonio Abundes, Alec Powell
    Paper | Slides

    THE SINGLE TO RIGHT FIELD: WHY LEFT-HANDED BATTERS MAY BE UNDERVALUED
    Daniel Allen
    Paper | Slides

    THE BATTING PITCHER: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON NL VS. AL PITCHERS BATTING STATISTICS IN THE WORLD SERIES AND THE IMPLICATIONS ON THEIR TEAM'S SUCCESS IN THE SERIES
    Matt Halper
    Paper | Slides

    THE RISE IN INFIELD HITS
    Parker Phillips, Harry Simon
    Paper | Slides

    WHO WINS IN THE MLB PLAYOFFS? COMPARING PYTHAGOREAN RECORD TO ACTUAL RECORD TO SEE WHICH IS A BETTER PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS IN THE PLAYOFFS
    Nicky Sullivan
    Paper | Slides


Tennis

    ANALYSIS OF CLUTCH PERFORMANCE IN MEN'S PROFESSIONAL TENNIS
    Kevin Haugh
    Paper | Slides

    First Server Advantage in Tennis
    Michelle Okereke
    Paper | Slides


Football

    WEATHER AND THE NFL
    Rory Houghton-Berry, Edwin Park and Kathy Pierce
    Paper | Slides

    EVALUATING "THE BEST": EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOM BRADY'S TRUE AND OBSERVED TALENT
    Heather Glenny, Emily Clancy and Alex Monahan
    Paper | Slides

    HOW DO INJURIES IN THE NFL AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME?
    Andy Sun
    Paper | Slides

    NFL OVERTIME -IS AN ONSIDE KICK WORTH IT?
    Anthony Tsodikov
    Paper | Slides

    THE EVOLUTION OF THE PHYSICALITY IN FOOTBALL
    Casey Tucker
    Paper | Slides

    POLL INERTIA: A STUDY OF THE AP POLLS, 2004-2013
    Tracy Williams
    Paper | Slides

    NFL POWER RANKINGS THROUGH BRADLEY-TERRY
    Tony Wu
    Paper | Slides


Golf

    PREDICTING THE WINNER OF THE MASTERS
    Kelsey Schroeder and Robert Arguello
    Paper | Slides

    STANFORD MENS VARSITY GOLF TEAM PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: INFORMING PUTTING AND APPROACH SHOT PRACTICE AND STRATEGY ON A RISK-REWARD BASIS
    Lindsey Kostas, Luke Lefebure, Sam Sarpong, Chris Sebastian
    Paper | Slides

    VALUE OF COURSE POSITION
    Bradley Knox, Zach Dammel, Adam Wells
    Paper | Slides


Soccer

    VALUING GOALS, SAVES AND DUELS IN SOCCER
    Abdullah Alsaeed and Cam Gibson Chesnutt
    Paper | Slides

    A NEW FIFA?
    Nick Powell and Seyla Ou
    Paper | Slides

    OVERTIME RULES IN SOCCER AND THEIR EFFECT ON WINNING PERCENTAGES
    Elliot Chanen, Lenny Bronner, Daniel Ramos
    Paper | Slides

    EL CLÁSICO: A MARKOV APPROACH TO REAL MADRID'S VICTORY
    Sean Duggan, Thomas Stephens
    Paper | Slides

    RATING SOCCER DEFENDERS
    Bridge Eimon, Jason van der Merwe, Jack Craddock
    Paper | Slides


Swimming

    MATHEMATICS OF RECORD BREAKING OF SWIMMING: INNOVATION AND TIME
    Mariam Amini
    Paper | Slides