alko
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Is there some study, how many players make it to the NHL? I mean, in %.
Or how many juniors?...
Or how many juniors?...
What is the population from which you are working from? You mentioned "players" in the prompt already...
In the above article it notes that 0.02 percent of hockey-playing boys in Ontario will make a ‘career’ out of hockey.
You'd have to take all regions and come up with an average to answer your own question OP.
Have fun with that.
In all sports the numbers are minuscule though.
No that's not exactly what it said. It said .02 percent of hockey playing boys in Ontario will end up playing 400 games or more in the NHL. Making a career in hockey is another thing. Many players who can not make it in the NHL end up playing in the European leagues. That could be considered making a career out of hockey.
Not exactly what the article said? I cut and pasted that quote from the article.
This thread, by the way, is a textbook example of why the thread title "Statistics dont (sic) lie" is false.
You can quote numbers all you'd like, but if you don't know what you're doing with them, you won't get very far.
I guess.
But the part you quoted was the "then" part of an "if/then". And the "if" part is important.
I mean, I could just as easily quote the article and say "hockey-playing boys in Ontario will make a ‘career’ out of hockey", and conclude that it's 100%. I mean, it's literally a direct quote from the article. What's the problem?