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Defense Date

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Statistics

First Advisor

Dr. Jason R. W. Merrick

Abstract

The article offers a dynamic approach for predicting the outcomes of NFL games using the NFL games from 2002-2005. A logistic regression model is used to predict the probability that one team defeats another. The parameters of this model are the strengths of the teams and a home field advantage factor. Since it assumed that a team's strength is time dependent, the strength parameters were assigned a seasonal time series process. The best model was selected using all the data from 2002 through the first seven weeks of 2005. The last weeks of 2005 were used for prediction estimates.

Comments

Part of Retrospective ETD Collection, restricted to VCU only.

Rights

© The Author

Is Part Of

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Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

June 2008

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