Table 2.
Birth quartile distributions for “Reselected” and “Deselected” players.
| Birthdate distribution (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Chi-squared | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playing level | n | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 vs. Q4 | Q2 vs. Q4 | Q3 vs. Q4 | χ2 |
| Reselected | 60 | 18 (30.0) | 25 (41.7) | 9 (15.0) | 8 (13.3) | 2.3 (1.0–5.3) | 3.1 (1.4–7.2) | 1.1 (0.5–2.8) | 21.6* |
| Deselected | 19 | 7 (36.8) | 7 (36.8) | 3 (15.8) | 2 (10.5) | 3.5 (1.5–8.5) | 3.5 (1.5–8.5) | 1.5 (0.6–3.9) | 22.9* |
*
Significant at an alpha level of p < 0.05. Q1 = Jan-Mar; Q2 = Apr-Jun; Q3 = Jul-Sep; Q4 = Oct-Nov.