Sport Specific
Modeling
Coding
Name that Athlete
Guess the Stat
100

When is a hand pass in hockey legal?

the player's defensive zone

100

Y = HRB1 + RB2 + e

In this equation, HR is considered a(n) ____ variable.

Independent/Explanatory

100

write_csv is used in R to...

write data from R into a CSV and save in your working directory

100

I led Syracuse Men's Basketball to a championship in 2003.

Carmelo Anthony

100

WAR

Wins Above Replacement

200

How many fouls do you get in NBA basketball?

6

200

If the coefficient of one of my independent variables (homeruns) from a linear model is -5 that means...

A one unit increase in homers, decreases Y by 5 units.

200

What is this symbol called in R

%>%

Pipe Operator

200

I am the only player to win both the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP in the same year (2000). 

Derek Jeter

200

DWS

🏀

Defensive Win Shares

300

What is a successful quarterback drop kick in NFL?

QB drops the ball, lets it bounce off the ground, kicks it, and gets it through the field goal posts.

300

An ____ test can be used to determine if the inclusion of a variable makes your model better.

Anova

300

What will the given expression in Python output?

for x in 'mike':

    if x == 'k':

        print('x', end="")

    else:

        print('o', end="")

ooxo

300

I hold the record for number of all time goals.

Wayne Gretzky

300

FOW

🏒

Face Off Wins

400

When are the 2 times in soccer where there is no offsides?

Goal kick & Throw-in

400
Multicollinearity can be a big issue when ____ but not as big of an issue when ____. 

looking for significance; making projections

400

Write code to inner join "data_1" and "data_2" in R by the column "ID"

data_1 %>%

inner_join(data_2, by = "ID")

400

I have the most red cards in soccer since 2000.

Sergio Ramos

400

AY/A 

🏈

Adjusted Yards Against Per Pass Attempt

500

In baseball, what happens when a fielder intentionally throws their glove at the ball?

Each runner awarded 3 bases and it is a dead ball

500

If I have a 1/0 dependent variable, I could use this kind of model.

Logit model

500

What does this code output in R?

data$population[which.min(data$population)]

The max population in data

500

I am...

Considered the shortest football player in the NFL

Have been on the free agent list since 2015 but have not retired

Was a sprinter in college

Best known as a kick and punt returner for the Broncos

Trenton Holliday

500

npxG

Non Penalty Expected Goals

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