20. Is the Home Field Advantage Independent of the Sport? Winning team data were collected for teams in different sports, with the results given in the table below. Use a 0.10 significance level to test the claim that home/visitor wins are independent of the sport. Given that among the four sports included here, baseball is the only sport in which the home team can modify field dimensions to favor its own players, does it appear that baseball teams are effective in using this advantage? Home Team Wins Visiting Team Wins Basketball Baseball Hockey 127 71 53 47 50 43 Football 57 42

20. Is the Home Field Advantage Independent of the Sport? Winning team data were collected for teams in different sports, with the results given in the table below. Use a 0.10 significance level to test the claim that home/visitor wins are independent of the sport. Given that among the four sports included here, baseball is the only sport in which the home team can modify field dimensions to favor its own players, does it appear that baseball teams are effective in using this advantage? Home Team Wins Visiting Team Wins Basketball Baseball Hockey 127 71 53 47 50 43 Football 57 42

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data

Problem 30PPS

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