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Old 11-29-2007, 04:42 PM
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Re: Stupid Stats in Sports we have to deal with

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Originally Posted by TaShawn View Post
Time of possession in football and winning.

Not cause-effect.
Ta, can you elaborate why you single out this particular stat? I mean, it seems to me that no single statistical average has a one to one cause effect relation with winning and that only single stat that has a one to one cause effect relation with winning in the course of a particular contest is points scored. Or do you mean that time of possession has absolutely no correlation with winning. Just looking for a clarification because i like to learn about how statistically adept individuals (i.e. not me) think through these issues. thanks
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