Essays about: "Soccer"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 104 essays containing the word Soccer.
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6. Employment Effects of the FIFA World Cup on Host Nations : An Event Study
University essay from Jönköping UniversityAbstract : The employment effect of hosting the FIFA world cup has been researched multiple times with city, municipality, or state data using a variety of methods. Arguably, the Difference-In-Difference (DID) method, first used by Hotchkiss et al. READ MORE
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7. Avatar Playing Style : From analysis of football data to recognizable playing styles
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för systemteknikAbstract : Football analytics is a rapid growing area which utilizes conventional data analysis and computational methods on gathered data from football matches. The results emerging out of this can give insights of performance levels when it comes to individual football players, different teams and clubs. READ MORE
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8. The power of momentum: An analysis of momentum extremes within sports betting
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : In this paper I examine 20862 betting contracts within the sport of soccer for the last decade within 5 major leagues. I perform tests of pricing anomalies for different instances of momentum by using sports betting as a laboratory environment. I find evidence of overreaction within the general price movements and for standard momentum portfolios. READ MORE
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9. Neurodevelopmental disorders and team sports : Conditions for including children and youths with neurodevelopmental disorders in team sports in Sweden
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)Abstract : Background: Children and youths with neurodevelopmental disorders are less physically active and have inferior physical fitness levels than their typically developed peers. Organized activities, especially team sports, can be challenging to this group due to common socio-behavioral, linguistic, and personality characteristics and limitations in motor proficiency. READ MORE
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10. Age of Peak Performance among Swedish Football Players
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statistik och maskininlärningAbstract : Within sports, the relationship between performance and age is deeply intertwined and is of interest to various roles within the sport. Despite its status as one of the largest sports in the world, there is a limited amount of previous work in the context of football and the leagues investigated has emphasized the highest ranked leagues. READ MORE