Study shows shorter referees call more fouls

[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.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Dakota

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

Since most players wear 2 (or 4 if they double up, or 6 ...) socks, I wouldn't think there would be enough players with uneven socks to have a valid study.

[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.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Adam

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

I wonder why...

Stupid academicians and their "studies".