The Department of Statistics and the Data Analytics Major at Ohio State co- hosted the 4th annual ASA DataFest competition in Pomerene Hall on April 6-7, 2019. The 204 students who participated in DataFest received data from the National Canadian Women’s Rugby team that spanned the team’s 2017-2018 season. Some of the data was qualitative – self-reported ratings of different health and wellness factors – while other data was quantitative – win/loss ratios, players’ rates of speed and acceleration on the field, and geo-locational data from during game play. Over 2 GB of data were used to explore the relationships between individual player performance and team performance. Many DataFest teams chose to combine data from the different data sets to determine the most likely predictors of players’ fatigue, stress, and injury, with a goal of improving players’ stamina, performance, and overall health and wellness.

To learn more, visit the DataFest event website.