David Beckhams Netflix series sparks spike in shots from long range in the Premier League; shots from beyond 30 yards soared fourfold in three-week period after documentary series was released; Harry Kane and Jonjo Shelvey scored from their own halves in past month
It’s not that big a leap to causal inference in this case to be fair. If there’s a logical link between the two, the timing of the ‘treatment’ (documentary) is fairly random (ie it’s not expected to coincide with some other factor that increases long-range shots), and there’s a strong correlation - then there’s a fair that one probably caused the other.
It’s not that big a leap to causal inference in this case to be fair. If there’s a logical link between the two, the timing of the ‘treatment’ (documentary) is fairly random (ie it’s not expected to coincide with some other factor that increases long-range shots), and there’s a strong correlation - then there’s a fair that one probably caused the other.