Monday, March 5, 2012

money ball

1) What was the “Moneyball”approach that Billy Beane and Peter Brandt applied to the Oakland Athletics 2002 season? Was it an “art” or a “science”? What single statistic did they boil their value consideration down to? (In class research/discussion)
They used a science theory. The tried to get the most valuable players by OBP. They did this because this team didn’t have a lot of money.
2) What is the equation used to calculate OBP? (In class research/discussion)   (H+BB+HBP) (AB+BB+HBP+SF)
3) What is design? (In class research/discussion)

4) Describe 3 situations where movie characters (intentionally or not) applied a step from the PLTW 12 Step Design Process. Explain both the (a) situation as well as (b) how the step is relevant:
1 – 20 game win streak- let the win streak speak to the media not you.

2 – Peter watched the game after every game. “Test and evaluate”

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5) What is “Leadership”? List the three aspects of leadership that we come up with in class. (In class research/discussion)
1 – “ A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be able to take the helm”-
2 –  A leader must have values and morals and trusting then in their actions.
3 -  Leaders must be able to take initiative, no matter the situation; no matter the place.


6) Describe 3 circumstances from the story where a character exercised effective leadership:
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7) According to the movie, what was the A’s record at the start of their winning streak? ___ : ___
   
68:51
8) What does this ratio simplify to (roughly)? ___ : 1
   
1.5.1
9) How long was the A’s record setting winning streak? ___ games won.
  
    20
10) Given the A’s win/loss ratio at the start of the streak (listed two questions above), what are the odds of winning 20 games in a row? Run the numbers. (In class research/discussion)
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0000000088%

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