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Forecasting Batter Performance using Statcast Data in Major League Baseball
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
2015 saw the release of the Statcast camera system within Major League Baseball ballparks, which provided statisticians with new data to analyze. One statistic, average exit velocity, is of particular interest. We would ...
A Geostatistical Analysis of Housing Prices in Fargo
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
This study investigated housing prices by applying geostatistical regression techniques to identify the significant factors affecting residential housing sales prices in Fargo, North Dakota. The study used a subset of ...
Comparing Accuracies of Spatial Interpolation Methods on 1-Minute Ground Magnetometer Readings
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Geomagnetic disturbances caused by external solar events can create geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) throughout conducting networks of Earth’s surface. GIC can cause disruption that scales from minor to catastrophic. ...
Predicting the Outcomes of NCAA Women’s Sports
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Sports competitions provide excellent opportunities for model building and using basic statistical methodology in an interesting way. More attention has been paid to and more research has been conducted pertaining to men’s ...
Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes When the Distribution of Effect Sizes is Asymmetric in Two Class Experiments
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
High-throughput RNA Sequencing (RNA-Seq) has emerged as an innovative and powerful technology for detecting differentially expressed genes (DE) across different conditions. Unlike continuous microarray data, RNA-Seq data ...
A Model to Predict Matriculation of Concordia College Applicants
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Colleges and universities are under mounting pressure to meet enrollment goals in the face of declining college attendance. Insight into student-level probability of enrollment, as well as the identification of features ...
Power Analysis to Determine the Importance of Covariance Structure Choice in Mixed Model Repeated Measures Anova
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Repeated measures experiments involve multiple subjects with measurements taken on each subject over time. We used SAS to conduct a simulation study to see how different methods of analysis perform under various simulation ...
Host Communities’ Perceptions of Refugees in North Dakota and Perceived Impacts of Refugees on North Dakota Communities
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
This study identifies host communities’ perceptions of refugees and perceived impacts of refugees on North Dakota communities by analyzing a 2015 petition against future refugee resettlement using Braun and Clarke’s guide ...
Emplacing New Economy Businesses in Small Metropolitan Areas: Examination of Role of Place Constructs
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
It is often argued that only large metropolitan areas possess the preconditions for the origination of successful technology companies. However, smaller cities across the country have been successful in developing vibrant ...
#NOFILTER: Exploration of Instagram and Individuals’ Conception of Self
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
For this study, I sought to explore the use of Instagram and to understand how an individuals’ self-concept is portrayed on Instagram through Goffman’s (1959) theoretical frameworks of impression management and performance. ...