Book description
This Element is an excerpt from Stumbling On Wins: Two Economists Expose the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports (9780132357784) by David J. Berri and Martin B. Schmidt. Available in print and digital formats.
Why sports decision-makers are wrong so often — and why they keep making the same mistakes, year after year.
When Bill James introduced his findings on the importance of on-base percentage–and the unimportance of steals–decision-makers in baseball didn’t embrace his work. Their initial reaction fully reflects the lessons of behavioral economics: people have trouble accepting information that contradicts their viewpoints. The same story has been seen again and again across the North American professional sports world.
Table of contents
Product information
- Title: Wrong Numbers in Sports: Painting a Bigger Picture with Stats that Matter
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2010
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780132089548
You might also like
book
Zeitmanagement mit Outlook, 10. Aufl., 10th Edition
Gewinnen Sie Zeit und reduzieren Sie Stress mit Software und System! Zu viele E-Mails, drängende Abgabetermine, …
book
Make: Like The Pioneers
You may have mastered Arduino and 3D printing, but what will you make when the power …
book
Wydajne witryny internetowe. Przyspieszanie działania serwisów WWW
To kompleksowy przegląd i omówienie czynników składających się na optymalny interfejs użytkownika aplikacji internetowej. Czytając ją, …
book
The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed
More than one million hardcovers sold Now available for the first time in paperback! The Classic …