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MILESTONE ONE 1 DAT 520 DECISION METHODS & MODELING December 9, 2023 2-3 Final Project Milestone One

MILESTONE ONE 2 I. Introduction The research question I chose for this project is “What in-game activity will most likely lead to winning in the National Football League?” I chose this topic because it was more relatable to my interests; I love sports and especially love football. There’s a saying that goes “Offense scores points, but defense wins championships,”; I feel this quote is relevant to the research question because it will allow me to analyze data and different in game techniques to see if there is any truth to this age old saying. “I feel the above question is very much an appropriate analysis technique-oriented question since the answer can only be aptly answered with the deep insight knowledge on understanding past data and the results will be easily determined at the end of analysis,” (SNHU, 2020). II. Data Appraisal The data set and information I will be using for research come from https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/kendallgillies/nflstatistics , https://www.kaggle.com/code/blueblowfish/nfl-data-analysis , and other articles from the Kaggle website. I will be using provided data in the PowerBI desktop also (see the screenshot below).

MILESTONE ONE 3 The “NFL Statistics” data set was originally intended to provide basic football stats and career stats for NFL players. I plan to analyze this data to find what in game activities lead to winning. The only limitations with this data set are that it also provides a lot of unnecessary data like player number, birthday, birthplace, etc. Once we eliminate what is irrelevant, the given data sets will provide a deep look at the important statistics like yards, passes, catches, sacks, wins, and more. “The identification of the column names and what it notifies and so on are really helpful for our analysis as we shouldn’t end up using the wrong columns for our research. Our analysis will fulfill the research question only when how effective

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