Texas State University
McCoy College of Business.Research Insights

Rasim M. Musal

Associate Professor of Information Systems and Analytics, Department of Information Systems and Analytics Faculty profile

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January–March 2026

Illustration of a basketball player leaping to touch a vertical jump measuring device in a gym, watched by teammates and a coach with a tablet, with a calendar of the seasons on the wall.
Strategy3 min read

A Weekly Model Predicts Jump Readiness Across a Basketball Season

Practice workload, lifting volume, stress, and the prior week's jump explained 71 percent of the weekly change in maximum vertical jump for Division 1 women's basketball players. Jump height drifted down as the season went on, a cue to cut load.

Rasim M. Musal

October–December 2025

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Economics3 min read

Poverty and Inequality Raised COVID-19 Deaths Once Geography Is Counted

Bayesian models that account for how neighboring areas influence each other show that worsening poverty, income, and inequality went with higher COVID-19 mortality across the phases of the pandemic. The study, focused on California, also tracks how changes in those factors over time played out across places.

Rasim M. Musal, Tahir Ekin

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