Data analytics in baseball has been well documented. Moneyball was a baseball theory that propelled the Oakland A’s into the playoffs despite a payroll 5 times smaller than the average Major League team. It was also a great movie, with Brad Pitt eating in at least half of the scenes. But Moneyball was about back-office …
An internet search for “best examples of data visualizations” yields beautiful representations of mere curiosities[1]. For example, a visualization of what facial feature is described the most in literature for females versus males. Interesting, but not very useful. But data visualizations are far more than temporary diversions. They help create measurable and significant improvements to …
