Estimating NBA athlete performance using multilevel models


Date
Apr 21, 2020 10:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Event
Seminar
Location
National University of Ireland Galway
Galway, Co. Galway

Abstract:

In basketball, the athlete performance evaluation are generally based on variants of plus-minus and PER statistics Optimizing Athlete Performance calculated through multiple regression, ridge, or lasso models using likelihood-based or Bayesian approach. We developed a novel methodology based on principal components analysis and multilevel model to create new indexes such as Oliveira-Newell Score that can be used to evaluate player performance during a match, relevance score used to rank players in a season, and the consistence score used to evaluate the player contribution for their team based on random effects.

Thiago de Paula Oliveira
Thiago de Paula Oliveira
Consultant Statistician

My research interests include statistical modelling, agriculture, genetics, and sports.

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