A Reinvestigation of the Relationship Between Big-Time Basketball Success and Average SAT Scores

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 428-440

  Tucker, Irvin B ^a   Amato, L Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

advertising effect; athletics; basketball; SAT scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990321406     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002505275096     Document Type: Article

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