The NHL Is Biased - Against Birthdays?
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 19:10
in Psychology & Sociology
A new paper says a hockey player's birthday strongly biases how professional teams assess his talent. The authors found that, on average, National Hockey League (NHL) draftees born between July and December are much more likely than those born in the first three months of the year to have successful careers. In particular, 34 percent of draftees were born in the last six months of the year, but these individuals played 42 percent of the games and scored 44 percent of the points accumulated by those in the study. By contrast, those born in the first three months of the year constituted 36 percent of draftees but only played 28 percent of the games and only scored 25 percent of the points. read more