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2023 Boston Marathon - Variability in Finish Times

histograms
summary statistics
bimodal data
Describing finish time for runners in the 2023 Boston Marathon
May 13, 2024
Ivan Ramler, Jack Fay

 

Ironman Triathlete Performance

Scatterplots
Correlation
Gaining insight into the performance patterns of triathletes by exploring the relationships between swimming, biking, and running times.
Jul 23, 2023
Michael Schuckers, Matt Abell, AJ Dykstra, Sarah Weaver, Ivan Ramler, and Robin Lock

 

League of Legends - Buffing and Nerfing

outliers
summary statistics
Investigating game play statistics for League of Legends champions in two different patches.
Feb 21, 2024
Ivan Ramler, George Charalambous, A.J. Dykstra

 

Marathon Record-Setting Over Time

Exponential distribution
Poisson process
Determining whether the setting of world records in the marathon is historically a Poisson process.
Jul 23, 2023
Nicholas Clark, Rodney Sturdivant, and Kate Sanborn

 

Predicting NHL Shooting Percentages

linear regression
An Introduction to Simple Linear Regression
Jul 23, 2023
Sam Ventura

 

Stolen Bases

Normality tests
This lesson introduces students to the concept of normality tests (Shapiro-Wilks and Kolmogorov-Smirnov) and summation of normal distributions to investigate stolen base…
Jul 23, 2023
Andrew Lee and Jacob Hurtubise

 

Unbreakable Records in Baseball

Bernoulli distribution
Binomial distribution
Chi-Square Test
This lesson introduces students to the Bernoulli trial and Binomial Experiments to understand the probability of breaking one of the longest lasting records in baseball. We…
Jul 23, 2023
Andrew Lee and Fr Gabriel Costa
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