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Over all 5 seasons examined there is a improvement in the second attempt success rate conditioned that the first attempt was good. This data is for the mean of the individual level, eliminating any skew of the results due to aggregation.
And data is made available.
Glove-slap: mettle.
I didn’t realize that what I copy/pasted lost the numbers! It was an image I guess.
Anyway, it was a couple of percentage points. Like 2-3% or something.
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What sabermetrics is NOT
May 25 06:43
Largest demonstration in Canadian history?
May 25 06:39
Lack of hustle during a game
May 25 02:38
NFLPA lawsuit against collusion
May 25 01:43
Neal Huntington’s best moves
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Rooting for laundry
May 24 17:04
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May 24 12:07
How to beat the shift
May 24 11:11
Incredible story
May 24 09:41
Racial bias in card collecting: not the collectors, but the players on the cards
I tried to wade through the article; the main thing I was interested in was how large the observed effect was. The extremeley large sample size allows for a minor, insignificant difference to show up as “statistically significant.”