Chi-square Test-Home team advantage in football games
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To investigate the phenomenon of "home team advantage" a researcher recorded the outcomes from 64 college football games on one Sat. Of the 64 games, 42 were won by home teams. Does this result provide enough evidence to conclude that home teams win significantly more than would be expected by chance? Assume that winning and losing are equally likely events if there is no home team advantage. use significance .05.
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The solution provides step by step method for the calculation of chi square test for association. Formula for the calculation and Interpretations of the results are also included. Interactive excel sheet is included. The user can edit the inputs and obtain the complete results for a new set of data.
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To investigate the phenomenon of "home team advantage" a researcher recorded the outcomes from 64 college football games on one Sat. Of the 64 games, 42 were won by home teams. Does this result provide enough evidence to conclude that home teams win significantly more than would be expected by chance? Assume that winning and losing are equally likely events if there is no ...
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