Kinesiology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peer Pressure, Figure Skating, Digital Recording
21 Apr 2015
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Historical (archival); data collected and stored; history of sport: retrospective in nature, not all archival in nature, using archival research, which illustrates home advantage and which doesn"t? exam question. The home advantage in sport competitions: definition, statistics on the home advantage, possible causes of the. Home advantage, evidence pertaining to the home advantage, The middle three boxes; baseball 53. 5%, football 57. 3%, ice. Hockey 61. 1%, basketball 64. 4%, soccer 69. 0%, alpine skiing. Definition: home winning percentage minus away winning percentage. For any given year a team could have a positive, negative or null home winning % Examined: the impact of batting last on the ha in slow-pitch baseball: recorded: 6,446 league games (double headers; each team batted last in one game, controlled for: Examined retrospectively archival records to answer sport related research question. Courneya & carron (1991), pace & carron (1992): travel. Examined: the impact of travel on the ha in the nhl.
