ABSTRACT

This article investigates whether an association existed between the talent level of football student-athletes who competed at “Power Five” institutions during the 2016 season and the likelihood that they were in a clustered major. Previous literature has researched whether clustering occurs and its association with sociological variables. The researchers performed a z-test of proportions to compare the proportion of football student-athletes in a specific major to the male undergraduate students in the same major to determine if a cluster existed, then used a chi-square test to examine the association between recruiting rank and clustering. The data set includes 21 “Power Five” football programs. To measure talent level, the researchers used the composite recruiting rank from 247sports.com. Results of the study showed that football student-athletes with a recruiting rank of three stars or higher were significantly more likely to be in a clustered major at five of the 21 institutions examined.

摘要

本文调查了 2016 赛季在“五强”院校参加比赛的足球学生运动员的天赋水平与他们就读专业聚集的可能性之间是否存在关联。以前的文献研究了聚类是否发生及其与社会学变量的关联。研究人员进行了一次z- 比例检验将特定专业的足球学生运动员与同一专业的男本科生的比例进行比较，以确定是否存在集群，然后使用卡方检验来检查招聘排名与集群之间的关联。该数据集包括 21 个“五强”足球节目。为了衡量人才水平，研究人员使用了 247sports.com 的综合招聘排名。研究结果表明，在接受调查的 21 所院校中，有 5 所大学招募等级为三星级或更高的足球学生运动员更有可能进入聚集专业。