Harvard Sophomore Uses Math To Predict Oscar Winners

Jeff Giles, Movies With Butter
Mon, 02/18/2013 - 3:09pm

Using formulas he says are derived from "only math and 15 years of data, no personal hunches," a college student named Ben Zauzmer is taking a Nate Silver-like approach to predicting the Oscar winners -- and he says last year, his model proved 100 percent effective at determining who'd take home trophies in all eight of the major categories. read more

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