Payroll efficiency: What baseball teams do the most with the least?
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanApparently the Oakland A’s just are that efficient. They are not just the team most closely associated with spotting market inefficiencies (thanks,...More
July 2018
Burning down the house: The number of wildfires is (surprise!) correlated with climate change
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanIf you live in the American West, chances are you’ve smelt smoke from the annual summer wildfires recently. Lots of it. Eye-stinging...More
World Cup predictions wrap-up: Vive le France!
This is post 17 of 19 in the series “Bracketeering” March Madness Bracketeering Applied Bracketeering: Modeling March Madness Bracketeering update: Mascot randomness is beating the...More
World Cup Predictions: The final countdown
This is post 16 of 19 in the series “Bracketeering” March Madness Bracketeering Applied Bracketeering: Modeling March Madness Bracketeering update: Mascot randomness is beating the...More