Fans, Football and Federal Elections: A Real-World Example of Statistics.

Authors: 
Cramer, K. M. & Jackson, D. L.
Editors: 
Goodall, G.
Type: 
Journal Article
Category: 
Teaching
Volume: 
28(2)
Pages: 
56-57
Year: 
2006
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
Abstract: 

This article evaluates and explores the correlation (+0.892) between the United States federal election winner and the most recent Washington Redskin home-game winner, a relation perfectly linked for 17 of 18 elections since franchise inception in 1936.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education