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Scipio Africanus · 06-05-2020, 06:12 PM

Does anyone have any thoughts on what the minimum number of games in a season could be in order to be significant. Let's just say in a division with 5 teams, how many times does each team have to play each other in order to have an idea of which of the 5 teams is the best?

Does anyone have any links to statistical analysis of this? I've seen articles in the past regarding two teams playing each other in 5- and 7-game series. They purport to show that such "short" series are nearly meaningless statistically and two teams would need to play 30+game series in order to confidently state one team is better than the other.

06-05-2020, 06:12 PM	#1
Scipio Africanus Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 374	minimum number of games Does anyone have any thoughts on what the minimum number of games in a season could be in order to be significant. Let's just say in a division with 5 teams, how many times does each team have to play each other in order to have an idea of which of the 5 teams is the best? Does anyone have any links to statistical analysis of this? I've seen articles in the past regarding two teams playing each other in 5- and 7-game series. They purport to show that such "short" series are nearly meaningless statistically and two teams would need to play 30+game series in order to confidently state one team is better than the other.