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Predicting use of the Sacrifice Bunt in Major League Baseball

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2007

Students: 

Charles Gallagher, Brian Gilbert, Neelay Mehta, Chao Rao

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UMD

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The goal of this project is to create a model for the St. Louis Cardinals that predicts the tendency of an opposing team to execute a sacrifice bunt in certain situations. While the occurrences of the sacrifice bunt in a given season are small when compared to the total number of plate occurrences that provide an opportunity to bunt, a successful defense of a sacrifice bunt or a sacrifice bunt executed in the right situation can mean a win for the manager ordering the bunt. It is often the case that teams advancing to the playoffs do so by a margin of one win over another team.

Predicting New Customer Retention for Online Dieting & Fitness Programs

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Term: 

2007

Students: 

Amy Brunner • Harin Sandhoo Lilah Pomerance • Paola Nasser Srinath Bala

University: 

UMD

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Gymamerica.com is an online personal trainer. The goal of this project is to help the company predict whether a new user user will become a paying customer after the 10-day free trial.

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