In My Mathematical Modeling Class Today...

[daneault23]

the professor mentioned the "January Effect Model" which he says is that by the end of January, if it was an up month in the market, then the general idea is that the whole year will be an up year. Thought that was interesting.

More interesting, he talked about the "Super Bowl Model", where he says that if the NFC team wins the Super Bowl, then it will be a good year, and if the AFC team wins the Super Bowl, it will be a down year. He said while it seems arbitrary and meaningless, it is accurate about 80% of the time.

[TheCentaur]

Your teacher sounds like a retard

Without a logical explanation it's just data mining

[d2bets]

the professor mentioned the "January Effect Model" which he says is that by the end of January, if it was an up month in the market, then the general idea is that the whole year will be an up year. Thought that was interesting.

More interesting, he talked about the "Super Bowl Model", where he says that if the NFC team wins the Super Bowl, then it will be a good year, and if the AFC team wins the Super Bowl, it will be a down year. He said while it seems arbitrary and meaningless, it is accurate about 80% of the time.

Sounds like your teacher is clueless. Or, he is just begging someone with a brain to challenge him.

[FindTheLock]

what degree does a mathematical modeling class go towards?

[Bostongambler]

Sounds like he should be modeling socks instead

[JuicedUp]

does this mean niners win???

[daneault23]

I'm getting my Bachelors in Applied Math: Emphasis in Statistics.

Professor said those are just kinda random things that just happen, no real evidence as to why. He touched on it for like 10 secs each, not a main topic of the class. He was just explaining something.

[TheCentaur]

Maybe it was an example of how many times stats aren't meaningful