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Favorite-team bias

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The stat

Loving a team is allowed. Pretending they cannot lose is a prediction error.

What it means

Favorite-team bias is picking your team more often than your own stated confidence supports — or ignoring injuries because you want them to win.

Why it matters

POWERRANK will not shame you for fandom. We will show you the pattern if your journal says you almost always pick them.

Try it

You pick your team 90% of the time but mark 55% confidence. That pattern is best described as:

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