Developed by Wharton Professor Adi Wyner and the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative, Moneyball Academy: Training Camp FLEX is a two-week online program that introduces statistics and coding through a sports lens. The program serves as an entrée into the sports statistics world as it is not heavily focused on computing, but the fundamental principles of sports statistics.
The program welcomes talented students intrigued by statistics, though no formal background in statistics is required. However, applicants should have strong math skills and an interest in sports.
By the end of the program, students will better understand sports analyses in articles they may read and will create their own sports analysis project. Students will also learn basics in how to read and write code in R, the advanced statistical programming language used by professional statisticians.
Students participating in this program will have:
- Live contact with Professor Wyner
- Access to Teaching Assistants and office hours with Penn undergraduates
- Live guest lectures
- Virtual social events with peers
- An opportunity for select students to publish in the Sports Analytics Student Research Journal
Following the completion of the Moneyball Academy: Training Camp FLEX, students may go on to apply for the next session of the three-week Moneyball Academy for a deeper dive into sports analytics.
All participants who successfully complete the program will earn a Wharton Global Youth Certificate of Completion.