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 winner

Show links

• @BensOscarMath on Twitter

• Buy Oscarmetrics on Bookshop or Amazon