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Read an article about NHL players with late birthdays few years ago. Majority of NHL players have late birthdays. It means kids that are just slightly older th
by dba7dba 10y ago
Read an article about NHL players with late birthdays few years ago.
Majority of NHL players have late birthdays. It means kids that are just slightly older than teammates by just a few months have advantage over early birthday team mates. This advantage helps them advance over younger ones (just by a few months) through their young hockey career and eventually to NHL career.
- ec109685 10y agoOr athletically minded parents tend to have children on certain months. Correlation is not causation.
- npunt 10y agoBoth arguments are not equally plausible though. The argument for the compounding effects of physical advantage relative to peers is a lot stronger than the supposition that parents would happen to have children on certain months.
- ec109685 10y agoUnless you conduct a study where you divide peer groups blindly and send some early and send some later, it is just a (educated) guess this is the reason. Otherwise, you can just walk trough data sets until you find one that meets your conclusion.
- dba7dba 10y agoHere's the article about higher percentage of NHL players having earlier birthdays. https://www.nhl.com/news/study-suggests-nhl-has-bias-in-favour-of-players-born-earlier-in-the-year/c-657724 https://www.nhl.com/news/study-suggests-nhl-has-bias-in-favo...