Ben Zauzmer - Oscarmetrics
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 to people
Factoring in betting markets
Reaction from the film community
Majoring in applied mathematics at Harvard
Courses and skills recommended to aspiring analysts
His favorite movie and favorite Best Picture winner
Show links
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