A new approach to study the relative age effect with the use of additive logistic regression models: A case of study of FIFA football tournaments (1908-2012)

Volume: 14, Issue: 7, Pages: e0219757 - e0219757
Published: Jul 16, 2019
Abstract
The relative age effect plays an important role in the pursuit of excellence, providing advantage to athletes born at the beginning of the year or near the cut-off date. This phenomenon has been observed in areas such as sports, education or business. Traditionally, the chi-square test has been used to analyze whether there are statistically significant differences in the distribution of births in each of the four quarters of the year. However,...
Paper Details
Title
A new approach to study the relative age effect with the use of additive logistic regression models: A case of study of FIFA football tournaments (1908-2012)
Published Date
Jul 16, 2019
Journal
Volume
14
Issue
7
Pages
e0219757 - e0219757
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