More the Bill James of politics. (Bill James, created Sabermetrics, which are many of the models that Billy Beane utilizes)
Billy Beane is more a someone who utilizes new types of stats in player evaluation, then the person who creates the stats, I'm not sure who the "user" of Nate Silver's metrics are.
It is interesting to note that much of Nate's work stems from his work in Baseball.
Billy Beane is more a someone who utilizes new types of stats in player evaluation, then the person who creates the stats, I'm not sure who the "user" of Nate Silver's metrics are.
It is interesting to note that much of Nate's work stems from his work in Baseball.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_James