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Old 4th December 2005, 07:31 PM
Winston_Smith Winston_Smith is offline
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Originally Posted by jfc++
Horses who run 3rd <=0.5L are significantly better than 2nds > 3L.

ROT: 87.8% versus 84.0%

S/R: 15.2% versus 14.4%

Runs: 8,326 versus 11,421
Please can you justify your use of "significantly better". A 3.8 percentage point increaes in ROT and a 0.8 percentage point increase in S/R does not qualify as significant in my book. the dictionary defines significant as 1. having or likely to have a major effect; or 2. fairly large in amount or quantity. i don't think either increase qualifys defined like this and could easy be result of chance.
Thank you. Winston.
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