Study shows shorter referees call more fouls

[Rob1968]

Originally Posted by AremRed

I would hope coaches are not reading the Journal of Sports Economics. We have enough on our plate dispelling rules myths, we shouldn't have to deal with this BS too.

On the other hand, one man's silly waste of time is another man's masters thesis.

Ahh, so true!

[rockyroad]

If this was a study on the number of calls calls made by officials based on the officials height, why would they have to adjust the study based on race and experience???

[HokiePaul]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

If this was a study on the number of calls calls made by officials based on the officials height, why would they have to adjust the study based on race and experience???

I'm sure there are others with more statistics background who can give a better answer ... but basically, in order to make a claim that is statistically significant, they need to eliminate other potential causes as not significant.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by HokiePaul

I'm sure there are others with more statistics background who can give a better answer ... but basically, in order to make a claim that is statistically significant, they need to eliminate other potential causes as not significant.

So they only included short Hispanic officials with less than 5 years experience in this study????

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

So they only included short Hispanic officials with less than 5 years experience in this study????

I think there are a couple of ways to do this, but the easiest would be to put the officials in comparative categories and look at the results within those categories.

But I've only taken enough statistics to get myself into trouble.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Adam

But I've only taken enough statistics to get myself into trouble.

Pretty much the same classes as the guys who wrote this study!

[Dakota]

Referees with OCD call more fouls on players with uneven socks.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Pretty much the same classes as the guys who wrote this study!

LOL, yeah probably. You sound a bit bitter here, though.