An application of the matching law to evaluate the allocation of two- and three-point shots by college basketball players

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-150

  Vollmer, Timothy R ^a   Bourret, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Athletic performance; Basketball; Matching law; Quantitative analysis; Sports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT;

BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0034201570     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-137     Document Type: Article

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