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Eight Lessons from Moneyball: The High Cost of Ignoring Evidence-Based Corrections

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: Nov. 23, 2011

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  • 025379

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  • 2009
  • 17 pages

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  • Corrections
  • Data Analysis
  • Evaluation Program
Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: Eight lessons that corrections can learn from evidence-based baseball as described in the book “Moneyball” are explained. These observations are particularly effective during periods of tight budgetary constraints. Some of the lessons learned are: common sense, custom, and imitation often play major roles rather than scientific evidence; the wrong theory can lead to drastically flawed decisions; there is a high cost to disregarding the evidence of what works; and evidence-based practices (EBPs) will be difficult to ignore for long.
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