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ERIC Number: EJ767623
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8855
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Further Analysis of the Matching Law to Describe Two-and Three-Point Shot Allocation by Professional Basketball Players
Romanowich, Paul; Bourret, Jason; Vollmer, Timothy R.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v40 n2 p311-315 Sum 2007
The matching law was used to analyze whether the proportion of shots taken from two- or three-point range would match the proportional reinforcement rates produced by those shots when the reinforcement rate of three-point shooting was changed. Rule changes in 1994 and 1997 altered the distance of the three-point line in the National Basketball Association, which created a quasiexperimental reversal design, thereby naturally changing three-point reinforcement rates. The present data partially confirmed predictions made by the matching law, in that increases in the relative rate of three-point shots attempted corresponded to increases in the relative rate of three-point shots made. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 1 footnote.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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