| Mon 4/1 |
Introduction and presentation of the course |
Syllabus |
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| Wed 4/3 |
Survey of data in different sports |
Slides |
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| Fri 4/5 |
R: Loading and visualizing football data |
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| Mon 4/8 |
Linear Regression |
Notes |
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| Wed 4/10 |
Stochastic Processes and Markov Chains |
Notes |
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| Fri 4/12 |
R: Applying linear regression to sports |
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| Mon 4/15 |
Metrics for individual performance: wOBA |
Notes |
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| Wed 4/17 |
Population variance and statistical significance |
Notes |
Homework 1 |
| Fri 4/19 |
R: Computing wOBA |
Survey #2 |
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| Mon 4/22 |
Regularized Linear Regression |
Notes |
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| Wed 4/24 |
Regression to the mean |
Notes |
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| Fri 4/26 |
R: Estimating true talent for 3-point shooting |
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| Mon 4/29 |
Bradley-Terry Model |
Notes (from Scott) |
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| Wed 5/1 |
Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus |
Notes |
Homework 2 |
| Fri 5/3 |
R: Ranking college football teams |
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| Mon 5/6 |
Rasch Model |
Notes (from Scott) |
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| Wed 5/8 |
Guest Talk: Kwesi Adofo-Mensah (49ers) |
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Homework 3 |
| Fri 5/10 |
R: Evaluating NBA players using possession data |
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| Mon 5/13 |
Game to Game Consistency |
Notes |
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| Wed 5/15 |
Case study: 4th down decision |
Analysis by B.Burke (ESPN) |
Homework 4 |
| Fri 5/17 |
R: Scraping WNBA game results from ESPN |
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| Mon 5/20 |
Case study: 2-for-1 Strategy |
Analytics of Optimal 2-For-1 |
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| Wed 5/22 |
Fairness and Integrity: Breaking the Tie |
Notes |
Final abstract |
| Fri 5/24 |
Fairness and Integrity: A Good Draw? |
Paper by J.Guyon |
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| Mon 5/27 |
Memorial Day - No class |
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| Wed 5/29 |
Guest Talk: Travis Chen (GS Warriors) |
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Final Paper |
| Fri 5/31 |
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern and prediction in Cricket |
Notes |
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| Mon 6/3 |
Final Presentations |
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| Wed 6/5 |
Final Presentations |
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| Fri 6/7 |
Final Presentations |
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