Judging the judges: evaluating the accuracy and national bias of international gymnastics judges
Published in Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports
We design, describe and implement a statistical engine to analyze the performance of gymnastics judges with three objectives: (1) provide constructive feedback to judges, executive committees and national federations; (2) assign the best judges to the most important competitions; (3) detect bias and persistent misjudging. Judging a gymnastics routi...
