Compensating tendencies in penalty kick decisions of referees in professional football: Evidence from the German Bundesliga 1963-2006

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 441-447

  Schwarz, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biased decisions; Bundesliga; Decision making; Sports statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT;

DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCCER;

EID: 79951919811     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.538711     Document Type: Article

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