Whistle Bias? Investigating Referee Influence on WNBA Home Game Outcomes

INFO 523 - Final Project

This project aims to investigate potential officiating bias in WNBA games by analyzing referee crew assignments, foul distributions, and game outcomes. The primary objective is to determine whether certain referee combinations disproportionately favor home teams or exhibit consistent patterns of foul disparities.

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Amy Esplain

College of Information Science, University of Arizona

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