Michael Marzec
assorted attempts at data science(y) projects
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NBA-Winning Time: Introduction
nbawp.com A basketball team’s performance is captured by the end result: whether a team wins or loses. Zooming in, analysts, fans, and curious NBA observers alike will evaluate performance through more detailed lenses, such as a team’s ‘Point Differential.’ Point Differential is the average of a team’s difference in final...
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Basic Attention Token: Predictive Analysis
Cryptocurrency has an unexplored quality that feels lost from the stock market. There are more unknowns. We are unsure if there is inherent value to cryptocurrencies or what future regulations might look like. Cryptocurrency is in its infancy with institutional investors actively questioning whether it will ever mature. Furthermore, it...
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Spotify Playlist Clustering: Exploratory Analysis
I love the ease of adding a song to my Spotify ‘Liked Songs’, but I am admittedly too lazy to create and update playlists. This is fine until I want to shuffle my ‘Liked Songs’ and suddenly my playlist jumps from Prince to Leon Bridges to Spoon. Spotify provides its...
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NBA-Age Analysis: Infrastructure
nbaage.com When analysts, media members, and fans discuss the average age of an NBA team, there’s often a missing nuance. Typically, there will be a statement like “Team X is the 5th youngest team in the NBA”, and that information results from a quick average of every member of the...