Wonderlic, Race, and the NFL Draft

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 642-653

  Gill, Andrew ^a   Brajer, Victor ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

NFL draft; statistical discrimination; Wonderlic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868674532     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002511429575     Document Type: Article

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