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- Factoring in betting markets- Reaction from the film community- Majoring in applied mathematics at Harvard- Course and skills recommended to aspiring analysts- His favorite movie and favorite Best Picture winnerShow links- @BensOscarMath on Twitter- Buy Oscarmetrics on Bookshop or Amazon

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