You will see an argument between Billy Beane, the General Manager of the Oakland A$\text{'}$s $($played by Brad Pitt$),$ and Grady Fuson, his head scout.

After watching the video, post complete answers to the following questions, incorporating chapter$/$c$$urse concepts. Please number your responses with the numbers below.

Who do you think is correct in this scenario, Beane $($Brad Pitt$)$ or Fuson $($the scout$)?$ Explain your reason and try to incorporate material from this chapter $($at least two sentences$).$

Give a different example $($not from the text or from Moneyball$)$ of when advanced analytics or statistics$-$based decision$-$making effectively worked for an organization. Describe how the analytics$/$data are used. Please cite sources if necessary.

For this question, you will describe a correlation. Specifically, Grady Fusion believes the scouts can predict whether a baseball player will be successful in Major League Baseball. What is one potential variable or factor that Grady might predict would relate $($correlate$)$ with baseball success? In other words, what do you think Grady looks for in a star baseball player? Describe whether you believe that higher levels of that factor or lower levels of that factor would be more likely to lead to baseball success.

Name an organization that you view as being very successful. Considering what makes a resource valuable, what do you think this organization has that may be considered rare and inimitable?

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