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Analyze NFL Stats with Python Case Study

Use NFL team statistics to model game winners and discover the most important team-level stats

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    Beginner
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    1 hour
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  • Prerequisites

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About this course

If you’re looking to put your machine learning skills to use answering interesting questions about the NFL, try this case study! We will provide you with the context, data, and instructions that you need to build a machine learning model to predict the winners of NFL games and guide you in making that model better. Finally, use feature importance to identify the most important stats for winning a game.

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Meet the creator of the course
Andrea Hassler
Andrea has a Master's in Applied Statistics from NYU and a Bachelor's in Psychology from SUNY New Paltz. She has worked with students individually as a tutor for many years. She has also contributed to research projects in the health sciences as a statistical consultant and research assistant.
Andrea has a Master's in Applied Statistics from NYU and a Bachelor's in Psychology from SUNY New Paltz. She has worked with students individually as a tutor for many years. She has also contributed to research projects in the health sciences as a statistical consultant and research assistant.

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