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Pythagoras's Petulant Persecutors

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  • Ira Horowitz

    (University of Florida, FL. USA)

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Ruggiero et al. (1997) argue that the 'Pythagorean Theorem' is an inappropriate basis for evaluating baseball managers and has an illogical arithmetic property that can result in a manager's evaluation being dependent upon the strength of his team. Their argument in the former regard is based on their failure to recognize that the existence of an ex post identity does not preclude the development of a related ex ante hypothesis; their argument in the latter regard is based on their conviction that their criterion for evaluating managers is correct and any other criterion is incorrect. The present remarks clarify these issues. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Ira Horowitz, 1997. "Pythagoras's Petulant Persecutors," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(4), pages 343-344.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:18:y:1997:i:4:p:343-344
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199706)18:4<343::AID-MDE824>3.0.CO;2-F
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