DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE AS A MODULATOR OF BIASED PLAY CALLING IN COLLEGIATE AMERICAN-RULES FOOTBALL

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DEREK D. REED
JOHNMARC J. SKOCH
BRENT A. KAPLAN
GARY A. BROZYNA

Abstract

The present study sought to replicate and extend previous research on matching in American-rules football in an effort to identify possible explanations for biased play calling. In particular, we demonstrate a relation between defensive performance and bias (quantified via the generalized matching equation [GME]) in opponents’ play calling. Specifically, against good pass/rush defenses, opponents demonstrated a bias away from the defenses’ strengths. We conclude with a discussion on the importan- ce of translating matching theory and the explanatory utility of the bias parameter in the GME. 

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REED, D. D., SKOCH, J. J., KAPLAN, B. A., & BROZYNA, G. A. (2018). DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE AS A MODULATOR OF BIASED PLAY CALLING IN COLLEGIATE AMERICAN-RULES FOOTBALL. Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, 37(3). https://doi.org/10.5514/rmac.v37.i3.63933