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Home team referee bias is well known across many sports. If you Google it, you may find helpful studies like this one https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200

by fwip 6y ago

Home team referee bias is well known across many sports. If you Google it, you may find helpful studies like this one https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070403112044.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070403112044.h...

thethirdone 6y ago
From your link: > Boyko studied the number of goals scored by a team at home versus those scored while away, and found that teams scored 1.5 home goals on average, and 1.1 while away. Players seems like they would have much more of an effect on goals compared to referees. Players can equally be affected by crowds. It seems very hard to separate the effects so you can show referee bias. The linked page does not show anything that confirms that referees rather than players are affected.
- fwip 6y ago
  The very next paragraph reads: > In addition to affecting the number of goals scored, the away team received more penalties, implying that referees are making calls in favor of the home team, possibly as a result of the influence of the crowd. Some individual referees are more susceptible to these influences than others. In fact, more experienced referees are less biased by the impact of a large audience, which suggests that they may develop a resistance to effects of the crowd.
teachingassist 6y ago
The parent's point is that studies such as this don't fully account for the potential for players behaving better because they are at home.
slg 6y ago
I don't think that is the complaint. Referee bias is just human nature. People have a hesitancy to make a decision that will immediately cause tens of thousands of people to scream at them. That likely is the primary explanation here. Yet there is nothing done to isolate the refs outside of just averaging play among leagues and assuming that takes care of differences in play style. However players are impacted by fans just like referees. There can be a reasonable hypothesis that visiting players play less aggressively in empty stadiums which could also explain some of the observed changes. The numbers included in the article are not enough to draw conclusions on what is causing these changes.
- lupire 6y ago
  Sports referees should relish that, knowing they are correct and empowered.

by fwip 6y ago

thethirdone 6y ago

From your link: > Boyko studied the number of goals scored by a team at home versus those scored while away, and found that teams scored 1.5 home goals on average, and 1.1 while away. Players seems like they would have much more of an effect on goals compared to referees. Players can equally be affected by crowds. It seems very hard to separate the effects so you can show referee bias. The linked page does not show anything that confirms that referees rather than players are affected.

fwip 6y ago
The very next paragraph reads: > In addition to affecting the number of goals scored, the away team received more penalties, implying that referees are making calls in favor of the home team, possibly as a result of the influence of the crowd. Some individual referees are more susceptible to these influences than others. In fact, more experienced referees are less biased by the impact of a large audience, which suggests that they may develop a resistance to effects of the crowd.

teachingassist 6y ago

The parent's point is that studies such as this don't fully account for the potential for players behaving better because they are at home.

slg 6y ago

I don't think that is the complaint. Referee bias is just human nature. People have a hesitancy to make a decision that will immediately cause tens of thousands of people to scream at them. That likely is the primary explanation here. Yet there is nothing done to isolate the refs outside of just averaging play among leagues and assuming that takes care of differences in play style. However players are impacted by fans just like referees. There can be a reasonable hypothesis that visiting players play less aggressively in empty stadiums which could also explain some of the observed changes. The numbers included in the article are not enough to draw conclusions on what is causing these changes.

lupire 6y ago
Sports referees should relish that, knowing they are correct and empowered.