作者: N. Wattie , J. Schorer , J. Baker
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2017.1313444
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摘要: ABSTRACTThe community size effect (or birthplace effect) suggests that high-performance athletes are less likely to emerge from regions with population sizes very small or large. However, previous research on elite Canadian ice hockey players has not considered the influence of intra-national regional variation distributions respect effects. Therefore, purpose current study was test heterogeneity between National Hockey League draftees (2000–2014: n = 1505), 7 provincial within Canada (i.e., British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Provinces). The proportion in 9 census categories were compared national general categories. Results suggest variability effects Canada, only province Ontario demo...