Two games is not meaningful, we have a 600
game sample size that says good teams are bad bets when they play the worst teams in the league.
But in that same 18 -
game sample size, Oklahoma City has only one win against a team in a playoff race.
At the 200 -
game sample size, you would need a winning percentage in the low 60 % range to prove statistical significance.
A three -
game sample size is a blip, but the Andrew Wiggins we've seen so far looks an awful lot like the Andrew Wiggins we've been waiting to see since he came into the league.
Not exact matches
It just means that there is too much randomness in the small
sample size and that the system should be tested over more
games (a longer time period or larger
sample size).
On a typical NFL football
game, you can expect over 20,000 bets to be placed at each sportsbook, resulting in a
sampling size of well over 100,000 bets.
Large
sample sizes allow you to more accurately observe advantages that you may hold over the sportsbooks, yet it never ceases to amaze how much stock bettors will place in the performance of a team over the past five
games.
This system has a sufficient
sample size (139 previous
game matches), shows an edge over other similar
games, and has an underlying theory to guide our prediction.
Despite all this, is it not a bit outrageous to say Sudfield should be in from a
sample sizes containing HALF a
game?
From that stretch of
games»
sample size, the one constant was McLeod whiffing and definitely not playing like a veteran safety
A
sample size of just a handful of
games can only tell us so much, but let's take what we can.
I know, I know, small
sample size, blah, blah, blah, but from March 1 on, Wall averaged 23 / 5/8 with fewer than three turnovers a
game while shooting 47 percent from the field and a not - terrible 34 percent from 3 - point range.
(Small
Sample Size Alert) Mahomes only threw 4/35 of his passes to TEs in the Denver
game compared to 6/25 to running backs and 25/35 to WRs.
Before you hit me with the «small
sample size» explanation you're about to, realize that Paul has played in 28
games this season — more than half the
games the Rockets have played this season.
Since when is over 5k
games not a big enough
sample size.
Also back to the
sample size of 13k
games with.1 % roi.
The optimal level for betting road dogs would appear to be at the 25 % level where we see a 4.2 % return on investment and a representative
sample size with 131 historical
game matches.
We caution that, although these results are based on thousands of spring training
games, this is a smaller
sample size relative to our complete baseball database (which now covers almost 20,000 data points over eight seasons).
In full disclosure, there are still nine days worth of MLB
games to be played this April that will directly influence results and, even after April is completed, analyzing fewer than two month's worth of results is hardly a
sample size large enough to draw statistically significant conclusions.
By looking at teams who lost their previous
game, our units won drops from +30.18 to +26.02 while our
sample size shrinks by nearly 48 %.
Our system now has the significant
sample size (143
games) and consistent returns (just two losing seasons in ten years) that you'd look for in a winning betting system.
The graph by temperature is interesting although it's still a small
sample size of
games for a relatively small difference in winning percentage.
Vert small
sample size but I was very impressed with Campbell today and truly believe it is his time to get a run of
games.
I concede that three
games are a very small
sample size to make definitive prognostications about our beloved Atsenal this season, however its very difficult from my vantage point to discredit the overall sentiments of the original post.
Reverse line movement at the 40 % threshold produced a 10.4 % return on investment (ROI) with a significant
sample size of 178
games.
While this
sample size is incredibly small and not something we'd recommend solely using as a betting system, favorites clearly outperform underdogs when playing bowl
games with new coaches.
Rhys Hoskins +5000: Hoskins did for the Phillies what Judge did for the Yankees, just in a smaller
sample size... and the
games didn't matter, either.
Social networks are increasingly getting their hooks in the live sports streaming
game, but we've seen a limited
sample size for what baseball can do on a social platform.
With the usual caveats of small
sample sizes (nobody with more than 19
games, only 7 teams to compare.
Since the
sample size decreased by 315
games, our return on investment more than tripled from 6.2 % to 20.8 %.
With a
sample size of over 1,200
games, consistent year - to - year results (with the exception of last season's -2.25 unit loss), and broad ranges for our data, this system fits all three traits for a winning betting system.
They've actually done quite well in this situation over the tiny
sample size, going 7 - 3 ATS, but I wouldn't factor in a handful of covers from a decade ago into this week's
game.
Our system now has a significant
sample size of nearly 500
games and solid returns but, like a spoiled child on Christmas morning, I am never satisfied.
Unfortunately our
sample size is too small to extract much from the top trends during the Final Four; however, we do have a number of sharp money indicators for Saturday's
games.
It's a small
sample size but teams getting less than 40 % of bets in National Title
games have gone 5 - 1 ATS (dogs 4 - 0 ATS, favorites 1 - 1 ATS).
I don't know if it was small
sample size or concerted strategy last
game, but the Caps were ready for it.
Obviously one
game is a small
sample size and all sorts of disasters could await on the horizon but there is hope that us Suns fans could have found respite from the harsh desert of suckitude and can finally enjoy a midnight at the oasis.
Calipari has the most
games under his belt and his profits are based off long - term, consistent success rather than a small
sample size.
I literally said that this is applicable to smaller
sample sizes, like individual
games, groups of
games, or a single season.
Because the night
game on Thanksgiving is a normal Thursday night
game, we feel it fits into our Thursday night analysis and includes a much bigger
sample size.
This seemingly minor adjustment increased our overall
sample size by 1,183
games while also improving the system's ROI.
That net rating of 33.7 is better than any other lineup the Bulls have deployed this season, though you have to account for the small
sample size of just 44 minutes played together over just four
games this season.
Ignore small
sample size statistics like Team A is 6 - 1 in their past 7 night
games against divisional foes.
We understand this is a small
sample size and shouldn't be blindly followed, but it's reasonable to theorize that since Thanksgiving Day
games provide the shortest week of preparation and
game planning all season, they force teams to rely more on talent alone, giving the advantage to the better (or favored) team.
With a
sample size of over 4,000
games, I found that the under had produced a 3.8 % when both pitchers had a walk rate of 7.0 % or lower.
Although it's a small
sample size, the line moved with the money in 28 of those 43
games (65.12 %).
This was still meaningful information due to the massive
sample size (over 13,000
games) and consistent year - to - year results.
Despite our
sample size dropping from 182
games to 75
games, the number of units won actually increases from +14.83 to +17.6 and the return on investment sky - rockets from 8.2 % to 23.5 %.
Small
sample size but only about 13 % of
games have been decided by 3 so far this year.
Do we make too much of the tiny
sample size that is a national championship
game, especially since those
games are assembled in part by generations worth of human assumptions and months worth of confirmed bias?