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Publications

• Bilder, C. (2020). In or out? The new flagstick dilemma for putting in golf. Chance 33(4), 56-61.
  • Final paper submitted to journal
  • Published paper at journal's website (the publisher used a different image and changed my wording in a few areas of the paper)
  • FlagstickWeb.R - R program used for the analyses
  • flagstick.csv - Data from the Edoardo Molinari Golf Academy
  • MyGolfSpy.csv - Data from the MyGolfSpy group
• Stewart, S. and Bilder, C. (2004). Probability models for 64-Team NCAA tournaments. 2004 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Statistics in Sports Section, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 3218-3224.
• Bilder, C. and Loughin, T. (1998). “It’s good!” An analysis of the probability of success for placekicks. Chance 11(2), 20-24 & 30.

Presentations

• Bilder, C., “In or out? The new flagstick dilemma for putting in golf,” Midwest Sports Analytics Meeting, November 23, 2019; Pella, IA. 
• Bilder, C., “In or out? The new flagstick dilemma for putting in golf,” New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports, September 28, 2019; Boston, MA.
• Chernyavskiy, P. and Bilder, C. “Ranking Bias in the USA Today Coaches Poll for the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision,” Joint Statistical Meetings, July 29, 2012; San Diego, CA.
• Stewart, S. and Bilder, C. “Probability models for 64-Team NCAA tournaments,” Joint Statistical Meetings, August 12, 2004; Toronto, ON.