“Moneyball” in Healthcare
Ari Caroline discusses the recent Atlantic piece – “The Robot will see you now” and how to properly apply the “Moneyball” principles to quantitative analysis.
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February 2013
Sloan Update: Nerds Stay up Late and Awesome T-Shirts
Dre shows off some custom swag Jeremy gave him for Sloan. We’ll be keeping you posted on Arturo and Dre’s adventures in nerdland this week.
The Real and Fake Shooters of the NBA
Devin takes a look at the NBA’s “shooters” and wannabe shooters.
The Academy Award vs. Sports: Is it wrong to trust the fans?
Dave takes a break from talent evaluation in sports and instead looks at talent evaluation in movies.
Explaining the Rankings: Player Run Charts for Every Team
Arturo does the ranking thing but takes the time to actually consider what it all means while pondering the return of the bad Carmelo Antony
Introducing Wages of Wins Digital Shorts – Dropping the Slam Dunk Contest
Dre and Daniel team up to explain why we should end the slam dunk contest.
In a billion words or a single image, the Houston Rockets are the league’s smartest squad
Dre uses XPPS to examine the shot selection of the Houston Rockets and shows just how smart it is.
Sloan Paper Reviews: “The Dwight Effect”
Dre reviews Kirk Goldsberry and Eric Weiss’ paper on interior defense that they will be presenting at this years Sloan Analytics conference.
Dwyane Wade joins the WoW community
Dwyane Wade decides to get a new and awesome nickname, which happens to overlap with Wages of Wins
The Wages of Wins Network invades the Sloan Analytics Conference
Dre gives a glimpse of the Wages of Wins Network’s plans for the upcoming Sloan Analytics Conference.