Date of Completion
2020
Document Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
Thesis Type
Honors College
First Advisor
Bernard Cole
Keywords
statistics, basketball, score, regression, predict, linear
Abstract
Every year the University of Vermont Women’s Basketball team plays 16 games for the America East Conference. Data was collected over two seasons to create a prediction model for the score of a game. Zone percentages were collected in addition to typical basketball statistics. Variables in the model were first picked based on linearity, then finalized using Akaike’s Information Criterion. The resulting linear model is evaluated in R. This model is intended to help the UVM Women’s Basketball Team understand the most important factors of their games.
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Recommended Citation
Eberling, Jennifer, "Predictive Modeling of the Outcomes of University of Vermont Women’s Basketball Games" (2020). UVM Honors College Senior Theses. 342.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/342