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Comparing Baseball Players Using Expected Runs In Shiny, Spencer Rodrigues Jun 2017

Comparing Baseball Players Using Expected Runs In Shiny, Spencer Rodrigues

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Hidden Trends In Nfl Data, Scott Santor Apr 2014

Hidden Trends In Nfl Data, Scott Santor

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This is an analysis on National Football League (NFL) data for the 2013-2014 regular season. The main goal is to find hidden trends in game data that can ultimately determine which factors are statistically significant to award a team with their ultimate objective, a win.

The main response variable to be examined is total wins throughout the regular season, and an alternative dependent variable is spread; the difference between a team’s points scored, and points against. Spread is analyzed to provide a different quantitative response variable that can be both positive and negative.

Game data was gathered from ESPN.com box …