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Ski Jumping Judges Bias

The bias of a country ski jumping judge is correlated to that of a country's overall level of corruption, as measured transparency internationals corruption perceptions index. The russian judges were found to be the most bias, effectively. So they awarded an additional point, two points an average to their comp jumpers. And then the typical norwegian or finishd judge basically demonstrate no detectable bias. It has been demonstrated that in ee skating, the effect of judges bius is nearly twice that,. about 60 % or so higher than that of ski jumping judges. But it's not just in the olympics too. A paper first published in two thousand and seven found that referees called fewer fouls

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