Investigating Home Court Advantage


Authors: 
Nettleton, D.
Category: 
Volume: 
6(2)
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
1998
Publisher: 
Journal of Statistics Education
URL: 
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v6n2/datasets.nettleton.html
Abstract: 

Scores of 1997 Big Ten Conference men's basketball games involving the University of Iowa Hawkeyes are analyzed with a series of scatterplots accompanied by formal bivariate statistical inference. The analyses reveal that the Hawkeyes' defensive performance is largely unaffected by the site of the game, while offensive performance dips significantly in games played on opposing teams' courts.

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