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Originally Posted by IKE
Kind of reminds me of a joke I heard this past weekend that was accidentally butchered:
A physicist, engineer and a statistician are out hunting. Suddenly, a deer appears 50 yards away.
The physicist does some basic ballistic calculations, assuming a vacuum, lifts his rifle to a specific angle, and shoots. The bullet lands 5 yards short.
The engineer adds a fudge factor for air resistance, lifts his rifle slightly higher, and shoots. The bullet lands 5 yards long.
The statistician yells "We got him!"
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Of course! I'm absolutely successful everytime I go hunting!
There's an equivalent economists' joke in which trying to feed a group on a desert island ends with "assume a can opener!"
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Originally Posted by IKE
If you enjoy this topic, enjoy the article, and have not read Moneyball, it is well worth the read. I enjoyed the movie, but the book is so much better about the details.
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Wholly endorse Moneyball to anyone reading this thread. It's what FRC scouting is all about. We call our system "MoneyBot."
In baseball, this use of statistics is called "
sabremetrics." Bill James is the originator of this method.