Inconsistencies of the Evaluation of Home Advantage in Sports Competitions Under the Three Points Per Victory System

A recent letter sent to the Journal of Human Kinetics’ editor (Gómez & Pollard, 2014) warned about a supposed methodology error in the calculation of home advantage in football leagues used in Saavedra et al. (2013) and took the liberty of modifying the research’s data. The aim of this letter is...

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Published in:Journal of human kinetics 2014-10, Vol.42 (1), p.5-6
Main Authors: García, Miguel Saavedra, Aguilar, Óscar Gutiérrez, Fernández Romero, Juan J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A recent letter sent to the Journal of Human Kinetics’ editor (Gómez & Pollard, 2014) warned about a supposed methodology error in the calculation of home advantage in football leagues used in Saavedra et al. (2013) and took the liberty of modifying the research’s data. The aim of this letter is to demonstrate that the evaluation system of the home advantage proposed by Pollard (1986) contains serious inconsistencies when applied to competitions which give three points for a win and one point for a draw, as it is the case of the UEFA football leagues in the 21th century
ISSN:1640-5544
1899-7562
1899-7562
DOI:10.2478/hukin-2014-0055