tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652924.post8477580876335305059..comments2024-03-28T23:07:52.202-07:00Comments on Applied Data Science and <br>Machine Learning: Little League pitch counts -- data vs decisions revisitedDean Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818000233889520746noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652924.post-60070961328778163442007-08-23T09:38:00.000-07:002007-08-23T09:38:00.000-07:00Well, I think it's ok to give them a hard time sin...Well, I think it's ok to give them a hard time since their "knowledge" appears to be incomplete and tentative. But there will probably always be a gap between methodologists/analysts and policy-makers. <BR/><BR/>Now the meta-analysis sounds very interesting if you had access to the studies.<BR/><BR/>Van ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652924.post-65591920951673410242007-08-23T09:11:00.000-07:002007-08-23T09:11:00.000-07:00You are right to point out that management has oth...You are right to point out that management has other factors to include in decisions besides the data itself. I shouldn't be too hard on Little League baseball in this regard.<BR/><BR/>Even so, I would like to see them truly investigate causes of the increase in arm injuries. I don't know about the medical studies either, but they are a good place to start--perhaps a meta analysis on the studies Dean Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818000233889520746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652924.post-86639254627194566112007-08-23T03:00:00.000-07:002007-08-23T03:00:00.000-07:00In my experience management will make decisions ba...In my experience management will make decisions based on some data, no data, or conflicting data. <BR/><BR/>While the medical studies were probably not true experiments (random selection, random assignment), there probably is some useful information in them. And the coaches are domain experts. So maybe the decision not to ban breaking balls is the (current) conventional wisdom of little leagueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com