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Ben Zauzmer is an assistant general manager with the New York Mets, and he’s better known publicly for his book Oscarmetrics and his Twitter account @BensOscarMath, where he uses data to project winners of the Academy Awards. With this year’s Oscars ceremony coming on March 10, Ben joins Expected Value to talk about…

- How he got into the Oscars predictions business

- Creating an Oscars model from scratch

- The variables that go into his calculations

- Projecting nominees vs projecting winners

- Explaining probability

- Factoring in betting markets

- Reaction from the film community

- Majoring in applied mathematics at Harvard

- Course and skills recommended to aspiring analysts

- His favorite movie and favorite Best Picture winner

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- @BensOscarMath on Twitter

- Buy Oscarmetrics on Bookshop or Amazon

  continue reading

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Ben Zauzmer is an assistant general manager with the New York Mets, and he’s better known publicly for his book Oscarmetrics and his Twitter account @BensOscarMath, where he uses data to project winners of the Academy Awards. With this year’s Oscars ceremony coming on March 10, Ben joins Expected Value to talk about…

- How he got into the Oscars predictions business

- Creating an Oscars model from scratch

- The variables that go into his calculations

- Projecting nominees vs projecting winners

- Explaining probability

- Factoring in betting markets

- Reaction from the film community

- Majoring in applied mathematics at Harvard

- Course and skills recommended to aspiring analysts

- His favorite movie and favorite Best Picture winner

Show links

- @BensOscarMath on Twitter

- Buy Oscarmetrics on Bookshop or Amazon

  continue reading

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