Home advantage in speed skating: Evidence from individual data

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-427

  Koning, Ruud H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Home advantage; Linear mixed model; Random effects; Speed skating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; HOME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERRITORIALITY;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SKATING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAVEL;

EID: 17844368899     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410400021625     Document Type: Article

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