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Predicting Outcomes of NBA Basketball Games
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
A stratified random sample of 144 NBA basketball games was taken over a three-year period, between 2008 and 2011. Models were developed to predict point spread and to estimate the probability of a specific team winning ...
Information Asymmetry in Budget Allocation: An Analysis of the Truth-Inducing Incentive Scheme
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Truth-inducing incentive schemes are used to motivate project managers to provide unbiased project information to portfolio manager to reduce information asymmetry between portfolio manager and project managers. To improve ...
Examination of the Relationship Between Student Academic Outcomes and Usage of the Campus Recreational Facility
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between student academic outcomes, such as grade point average (GPA) and retention, and usage of the campus recreational facility. The population of interest was ...
D-optimal Design for the 5PL-1P Model in Chemical Toxicity Assessment
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The five-parameter logistic minus one-parameter model is a hybrid between the five-parameter model and the four-parameter model used for the relationship between concentration and response. The four-parameter model includes ...
Modeling the Winners of NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Tournament Games
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This thesis first presents a least squares regression model to identify the in-game statistics that help explain the variation in point spread for NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament games. Then a logistic ...