Table 5.
Absolute frequencies and results from chi-square goodness-of-fit tests related to handedness in junior athletes (study 2).
| Sex | Sport (discipline) | Handedness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | R | N/A | χ2 | p | w and 90% CI | ||
| Female | Fencing (épée) | 152 | 832 | 0 | 83.10 | <0.001 | 0.29 (0.24, 0.34) |
| Fencing (foil) | 163 | 772 | 0 | 124.63 | <0.001 | 0.37 (0.31, 0.42) | |
| Fencing (saber) | 87 | 836 | 0 | 3.87 | 0.049 | 0.06 (0, 0.12) | |
| Tennis | 53 | 519 | 0 | 1.97 | 0.160 | 0.06 (0, 0.13) | |
| Male | Fencing (épée) | 210 | 921 | 0 | 83.68 | <0.001 | 0.27 (0.22, 0.32) |
| Fencing (foil) | 211 | 810 | 3 | 118.75 | <0.001 | 0.34 (0.29, 0.39) | |
| Fencing (saber) | 117 | 918 | 0 | 1.13 | 0.288 | 0.03 (0, 0.08) | |
| Tennis | 99 | 548 | 3 | 17.52 | <0.001 | 0.16 (0.1, 0.23) | |
L, left-handed; R, right-handed; N/A, handedness not available; w, standardized Cohen's (1988) effect size. df = 1 for all comparisons (see main text for details).