Challenging the new orthodoxy: a critique of SPLISS and variable-oriented approaches to comparing sporting nations by Ian Henry, Mathew Dowling, Ling-Mei Ko, Phil Brown

“…Research Question: In recent years the comparative sport policy field has become dominated by the ‘SPLISS’ approach developed by De Bosscher and colleagues. While this approach has developed important insights into the statistical relationship between key groups of independent variables and indicators of elite sport policy success, nevertheless its attempts to identify and explain both statistical association and causal relationships have significant limitations. …”
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Development and organisation of an effective elite sport policy system in a small state: a case study of Slovenia by Carmen Horvat

“…Despite being a state small in population, geographical size and GDP (Thorhallsson, 2006), Slovenia tends to do well in medal rankings per GDP and per capita at the Olympic Games. …”
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