Re: Study sees racial bias in calling fouls
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I really dont think that slight difference in calls directed by race even compares to the number of biased calls on actual players. If you looked at the number of fouls in a game, the .2 difference resulting from race is minimal next the difference if Kobe Bryant or Yao Ming are on the court.
I dont like to make judgements without reading the paper, but its hard not to. From my experience, acedemia will claim results unless they have fully proven otherwise. In other words; if they werent conclusive on proving no racial bias existed, its very likely they would show data that the racial bias was present in the NBA.
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What field is your experience in acedamia? I have found in my experience that peer reviewed journals do a really good job of making sure the authors conclusions are justified.
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