Tag Archives: Nate Silver

SSAc 2014: Baseball Analytics: The Next Frontier

Posted on March 2, 2014 by roughlynormal

I chose to attend this because it featured Nate Silver.  I am anxiously awaiting the new fivethiryeight.com, and hoped that some spoilers/ previews would leak out form the conversation: No dice. This was one of the only sports panels I … Continue reading →

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Afterthoughts: MIT’s Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Posted on March 4, 2013 by roughlynormal

Well, that was an eventful two days at the 2013 MIT SSAC.  I blogged about this repeatedly in previous posts.  As a teacher of statistics, what lessons will I take home from this event? Where do I go from here?  Take … Continue reading →

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“Statistics, Sports and School,” Part 3: beginning research

Posted on February 1, 2013 by roughlynormal

I’ve started my research for my “Statistics, Sports, and School”  course.  I’ve talked about it here  and here in the past.   Here’s a synopsis of my research so far:    I attended the Joint MAA/AMS Mathematics Meetings in San Diego. … Continue reading →

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