Ever had a gut feeling that women's soccer matches see more goals than men's? π§
As a sports journalist, itβs time to turn that hunch into hard-hitting stats! π
Do women's international soccer matches have more goals than men's?
To find out, we:
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Gathered official FIFA World Cup match data (post-2002).
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Performed rigorous statistical hypothesis testing (at 10% significance).
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Compared goal counts using Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney non-parametric test.
- Hβ (Null Hypothesis): The average number of goals is the same in menβs and womenβs matches.
- Hβ (Alternative Hypothesis): Womenβs matches have more goals on average.
women_results.csv
π β Womenβs FIFA World Cup matchesmen_results.csv
π β Menβs FIFA World Cup matches
π A deep dive into soccer statistics that could challenge assumptions and spark new conversations in the world of sports analytics!
Will the numbers back up the intuition, or will the stats prove us wrong? Letβs find out! π₯