By John Considine
The picture below is taken from last month's edition of Oxford Economic Papers. The article by Finn Spilker and colleagues is titled "Favouritism, social pressure, and gender". The relative position of the Xs and Os tell much of the gender story that is examined in the article.
It is a picture worth thinking about. Some obvious questions spring to mind. Why should there be less added time for games with a bigger score difference? To generate a score difference requires goals. We are led to believe that the greater the number of goals then the greater the amount of added time. Why is there an increase in time added in games with a 1-goal difference compared to a game that are level? Related to the previous question, why are the Xs above the Os only for 1-goal differences?
The article is worth a read. But the picture below is worth at least 1,000 words.
It is a picture worth thinking about. Some obvious questions spring to mind. Why should there be less added time for games with a bigger score difference? To generate a score difference requires goals. We are led to believe that the greater the number of goals then the greater the amount of added time. Why is there an increase in time added in games with a 1-goal difference compared to a game that are level? Related to the previous question, why are the Xs above the Os only for 1-goal differences?
The article is worth a read. But the picture below is worth at least 1,000 words.
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