Referee’s bias explain red color advantage in Taekwondo

 

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Autores: Carazo Vargas, Pedro, Moncada Jiménez, José
Formato: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2014
Descripción:Previous research supports the notion that wearing red color uniforms enhances human performance in sports competitions; however, such results might have been contaminated by referees’ bias. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence red color in taekwondo fights when athletes wore a vest linked to an automatic scoring system. We evaluated 718 fights from the World Taekwondo Championships 2013. Potential moderator variables gender, weight category, competition round, victory method, and performance asymmetry were evaluated. A one-sample binomial test revealed that the proportion of winning a combat was similar when wearing red or blue uniforms (p = 0.478). A multiple logistic regression analysis failed to explain the influence of moderator variables in winning a combat (R2 = 0.04). In conclusion, red color does not enhance human performance in Taekwondo. Previous research showing otherwise might have been biased by human error in refereeing.
País:Kérwá
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:https://www.kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/86233
Acceso en línea:http://efsupit.ro/index.php/archive?id=68:vol-14-issue-4-december-2014&catid=1
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/86233
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Color
Performance
SPORTS
Technology
Fair play