7 T-testing and effect size testing
This chapter covers
- Running and interpreting statistical tests of significance with continuous data
- Visualizing statistical tests of significance
- Running and interpreting effect size testing with continuous data
Even if you’re just a casual basketball fan, you nonetheless probably know that teams playing at home win way more often than they lose (this is true for other sports too). In chapter 9, we’ll explore the actual win-loss percentages between home and visiting teams under different permutations of prior days off, but in the meantime, we want to determine if there is an officiating bias that might explain home-court advantage. We’ll compare counts of foul calls and free throw attempts between home and ...
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