Moneyball meets Freakonomics


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Moneyball meets Freakonomics


 


Hosted by: Lisa and Nate Eimer



Date:  Tuesday, May 29, 2012

 

Increasingly, rigorous statistical analysis has been applied to sports to improve strategy and player selection and to gain a better understanding of the games we love.

 


 

Likewise, academics are increasingly drawn to sports as a convenient laboratory to study human behavior and decision making.

 

We will explore some of that research, which often challenges conventional sports wisdom. 

 




  • Why does Tiger Woods make the same mistake on the golf course that you do?  

  • What is the real reason behind home field advantage? (It's not what you think) 

  • Why do referees routinely blow calls, and why as fans we might actually want that? 

  • Are the Chicago Cubs cursed? If not, why haven't they won in 108 years and counting? 

  • Why is the #1 pick in the NFL draft worth less than the #33 pick?



  

Join the following guest experts for an insightful discussion:

Tobias Moskowitz, Fama Family Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

 

Devin Pope, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

 


ONLY 10 SPACES AVAILABLE ONLINE 


Open to Lab-affiliated families only


Value: Priceless


 


Salon Lab is an exciting feature of our Connections auction.


 


This is an opportunity that is truly unique to Lab. Salon Lab offers an experience that is not available at any other school in our country, further highlighting the value of a Lab Schools education.


 


It is a series of dinners, each organized around an interesting and exciting topic. These intimate evenings are generously hosted in the homes of Lab parents, and feature members of the Lab School community who are nationally and internationally-recognized experts in their field. These conversations about important current issues promise to be stimulating, informative, and thought-provoking -- a celebration of Lab's intellectual curiosity. 





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Lab affiliated only.

Donated by

Lisa Eimer and Nate Eimer
Tobias Moskowitz, Devin Pope