STAT 4610X - Sports Analytics

Day 06

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

We’ll continue talking about linear regression models, but now we’ll add additional explanatory variables. Thus, we move into multiple linear regression models, although most people will just use the term regression.

We will continue to use the same slide set from yesterday.

Multiple Linear Regression

Class

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Day 05

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

We’ll start talking about regression models. First we will do an activity to suggest variables that could be modeled using a regression analysis. The activity will require students to identify a response variable, the appropriate distribution for the response variable (binomial, Poisson, and normal), and a brainstorm of what explanatory variables would affect the distribution of the response variable.

The main purpose of this activity is to get you to start thinking about what type of regression model you will need to use. The type of regression model will depend on the type of response variable:

Day 04

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Today we will introduce the probability distributions that form the basic building block for sports (and many other types of) data.

Probability Distributions

About

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:46:51 -0500

This is a website for STAT 4610X - Sports Analytics at Iowa State University. The first time this course was taught is Spring 2025.

Day 02

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Find another individual, who is not sitting next to you, and, ideally, who you don’t know. The less you know the individual the better.

Introduce yourselves by stating your name and your favorite statistics course (STAT 4610X is not an option).

The categories chosen will be specific to sports analytics. As a reminder, the term sports is being used very broadly, i.e. so long as there has been at least one national or international championship it will qualify as a sport.

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