Powerful Number Nine

Source: Deadspin, January 31, 2011  Research by Uri Simonsohn and colleague Devon Pope on drastic reductions for used car prices based on mileage above 99,999, the behaviors of SAT-takers who get a score with a 90 (e.g., 990, 1090, 1190), and baseball players striving to hit .300 appeared on the sports website Deadspin, in an excerpt from the book Scorecasting by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim.