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Abstract #300844

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Activity Number:	90
Type:	Contributed
Date/Time:	Monday, August 9, 2004 : 9:00 AM to 10:50 AM
Sponsor:	Section on Statistics in Sports
Abstract - #300844
Title:	A Multivariate Statistical Analysis of the NBA
Author(s):	Lori Hoffman*+ and Maria Joseph and Vasant Waikar
Companies:	Ohio State University and Kentucky State University and Miami University
Address:	2676 3B Cannon Point Ct., Columbus, OH, 43209,
Keywords:	discriminant ; analysis ; sports
Abstract:	Will your favorite National Basketball Association (NBA) team make it to the playoffs this year? What variables affect a team's postseason outcome? In an attempt to determine which teams will make the NBA playoffs, we will collect and analyze team data using multivariate statistical methods including principal components analysis and discriminant analysis.

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