Welcome to the fall issue of Statistics Teacher. As you are at the beginning of a new academic school year, we are here at the American Statistical Association and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to support you. We encourage you to browse our website for a wealth of peer-reviewed, open-source resources to guide and inform your teaching. We also encourage you to … [Read more...] about Editor’s Note: Fall 2022
Football
Predicting Election Results from Football Statistics (1936–2020): An Archival Analysis in a Real-World Example
By Kenneth M. Cramer, Rebecca Pschibul, and Alexander J. Cramer Scientists are in the business of predicting events (like failed picnics from rain showers) based on empirically salient factors or antecedents (like barometric pressure and wind speed). This business rests on the assumption of determinism—that our universe is knowable with properties that can be measured and … [Read more...] about Predicting Election Results from Football Statistics (1936–2020): An Archival Analysis in a Real-World Example