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A 69-season baseball pilot tests when an individual’s own record becomes more predictive than their reference class, with careful caveats for hiring.
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The article uses public baseball data to test when an individual’s prior record beats reference-class prediction. It argues that hiring may need a similar shift away from static résumé categories, while clearly stating that the baseball number does not directly transfer to hiring.