Statistics In Sports Research Group
Northern Kentucky University - Department of Mathematics and
Statistics
Our Mission As both
professional statisticians and serious fans of professional and
collegiate sports, we are dedicated to the application of statistical
methodology to the study of sports and games. We are primarily engaged
in the direction and support of faculty mentored undergraduate research
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Contact Information Dr. Joe Nolan
Email: nolanj1@nku.edu
Phone: 859-572-6301 Dr. David
Agard
Email: agard@nku.edu
Phone: 859-572-6545 Dr. Carl Miller Email: millercar@nku.edu Phone: 859-572-6452
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Students Greg Colston (Summer/Fall 2010)12ac The Best
Baseball Season Ever? A Triple Crown Perspective Dan Bell (Summer 2011)12ac
Various Factors Affecting NBA Success Ari Fitter (Summer 2012)12acd
Super Bowl Squares: A Different Approach Meagan Lovins
(Summer 2012)12ace
Measuring Performance Peaks in Sports Kara Cocco
(Summer 2013)12b Big
Dance: Analysis of Bracketology Craig Heard (Summer 2013)12bc Challenges
of NCAA Reclassification Danielle Hoffman (Summer 2014)12b Investigating
Data Mythology in Major League Baseball Ben Hovey (Summer 2014)12bf Major
League Baseball: Paying More for Less
Performance? Joey List (Summer 2015)12bf The NBA
Draft: The Effect of Leaving College
Early Maria McMahon (Summer 2016)12bg Baseball Hall of Fame: Examining
Factors for Enshrinement Jesus Riera-Sanchez Courtney Taylor Clayton Frink
(Summer 2017)12bf Golf Handicapping Analysis David Kalfas Austin Quillen Colton Gearhart
(2017-18)13a Basketball: The Statistics Behind
the Statistics Andrew Cox (Summer
2019)12b Mining College Basketball Data Sam List Silas Adheke Evan Berryman
(Summer 2020)12 Analysis of Draft vs. Academy System in Soccer Matt Henn (Summer
2020)12 Assessing Swimming World Records (1)
Dr. Nolan was a faculty mentor on the project. (2)
Dr. Agard was a faculty mentor on the project. (3)
Dr. Miller was a faculty mentor on the project. (a)
Presented results at NKU Celebration of Student Research (b)
Presented results at the NKU Heather Bullen Interdisciplinary
Summer Research Celebration (c)
Presented results at Posters at the Capitol in
Frankfort (d)
Presented results at the 40th Annual Mathematics
and Statistics Conference: Statistics in Sports (Miami, OH 09/2012). (e)
Presented results at KYMAA meetings (04/2013). (f)
Presented at the Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference. (g)
Submitted to USPROC competition (12/2016 USCLAP catagory,
3rd place). |
Data Links Baseball
Sean Lahman's
Baseball Database (Includes statistics for MLB from the 19th century
through 2010)
Baseball Reference
(Baseball statistics sortable by player)
Baseball America
(Minor League Statistics)
Brooks Baseball
(Pitching FX Statistics)
Retrosheet
(Play-by-play data) Basketball
Basketball
Reference (Basketball statistics sortable by player) General
http://www.databasesports.com/
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FAQ
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Thanks We are
thankful for support received from the following campus entities:
NKU Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Center for Integrative Natural
Science and Mathematics (CINSAM) |
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Last Updated
5/1/2020