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The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars

Do betting houses accurately assess a superstar athlete’s impact on the outcome of a game? A look back at my Master’s dissertation—with a hotel lobby detour.

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Gillian Kemmerer
Jul 27, 2021
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A fair warning: this post is not really about hockey (although it has relevant applications), so here is a nice photograph of Pavel Bure.

I like hotels.
More specifically, I like nice hotels.
But to put a finer point on an already off-topic discussion, I like the ambient electro-lounge music that plays in nice hotel elevators.

I like it so much that ten y…

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