There are all sorts of new, modern statistical indexes to measure performance that now supplement batting average and runs batted in.
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Some professional investors put money with feeder funds linked to Bernie Madoff, for example, even though statistical analysis suggested his performance record was implausibly smooth.
The Airline Quality Rating report is the premier statistical study of major airline performance in the United States, and has been conducted annually since 1991.
That tops his 2008 performance, when his statistical model correctly predicted 49 of 50 states.
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To determine our list, we first looked at a player's 2002 performance using our own statistical formula, the Forbes Pitching Efficiency Number (FPEN).
He noted how Lin's performance in two unsexy statistical categories two-point field-goal percentage (a barometer of inside scoring ability) and RSB40 (rebounds, steals and blocks per 40 minutes) compared favorably with college numbers put up by marquee NBA guards like Allen Iverson and Gary Payton.
First, as a sabermetrician Silver developed the PECOTA system for forecasting the performance of baseball players, leading the statistical revolution in the sport by changing the way team executives assess and value talent.
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This week the Russian statistical agency Rosstat showed improving industrial production (IP) performance, up 6.2% yoy versus 5.2% in July.
Even before running any statistical tests on the two samples, I discerned that pay-performance anomalies abound far more than in the secretarial world.
The Daley administration has defended its promotion policy, offering statistical evidence that differences in scores within bands have no correlation with performance on the job.
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