Table 2. Dependent variables and covariates in youth ice hockey players at baseline, and magnitude-based inferences for parallel groups Ice1 and Ice2.
Test |
Group (n = 7) |
Baseline Mean ± SD |
Observed change Mean ± SD (n = 6) |
Probability [%; %; %] |
Ratio (Ice1/Ice2) |
Mean; ±90% CL |
Inference |
Weave agility (s) |
Ice1 |
17.9 ± 1.3 |
-4.9 ± 12.1% |
[9; 14; 77] |
-0.5; ± 8.9% |
unclear effect |
Ice2 |
17.8 ± 1.2 |
-4.4 ± 5.3% |
[1; 9; 90] |
Reaction agility (s) |
Ice1 |
5.7 ± 0.3 |
-5.6; ± 5.3% |
[1; 4; 96] |
-1.0; ± 5.1% |
harmful* [47; 31; 22] |
Ice2 |
5.8 ± 0.3 |
-4.7 ± 5.1% |
[10; 4; 86] |
CL = confidence limit with 90% confidence interval for the mean. Observed changes are percentages; baseline values are expressed in measurement units. Likelihood that the true effect is substantial:*possibly. Magnitude threshold: 0.20-0.59. Numbers in brackets indicate the % probability of a harmful, trivial and beneficial effect for both probability of group change and group inference. <0.20, trivial; 0.20-0.59, small; 0.60-1.19, moderate; >1.20, large.