Welcome!

My name is Aaron Nielsen, and I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at Colorado State University, specializing in undergraduate education and sports analytics.

Teaching Schedule Summer 2024

• STAT 315 (Theory and Practice of Statistics): MTWRF 9:00-11:00am

Recent Projects

• A Statistical Analysis of Philosophers on Philosophy: I advised an undergraduate research project by Jake Shankles that created a Shiny app to visualize the 2020 PhilPapers survey.
• Analyzing College Softball Rapsodo Tracking Data: Pitching Analytics (by Danielle Contreras) and Hitting Analytics (by Aidan Feeley). We attended the Society of American Baseball Research Analytics Conference 2024.

Courses Developed

• STAT 351 / Sports Statistics and Analytics I / Fall: Syllabus
• STAT 451 / Sports Statistics and Analytics II / Spring: Syllabus

Undergraduate Certificate

I coordinated the creation of a new undergraduate certificate in Sports Statistics and Analytics that is now available.

Feel free to email me for more information about my courses, research interests, or other inquiries.