The preference for selecting volleyball referees according to refereeing performance and differentiation in legal knowledge

Abstract

The discriminant analysis method is considered one of the most important statistical methods used to process data and also to identify areas of weakness and errors, pay attention to them and reduce them, and improve the process of selecting satisfactory and unsatisfactory referees in the game of volleyball. Through monitoring the researchers, they noticed that there is a disparity in the referees’ refereeing performance, and this indicates that There is a problem in the process of selecting rulers without relying on modern and scientific methods. The research aims to identify the level of legal knowledge of referees working in the Iraqi Central Volleyball Federation, as well as identifying the discriminatory connotations of the legal knowledge of referees working in the Central Iraqi Volleyball Federation, identifying the odds ratios of satisfactory and unsatisfactory referees according to refereeing performance and the differentiation of legal knowledge. The researchers used the descriptive approach in a status quo style, and the researchers defined the research population as (60) first-class volleyball referees for the season (2023-2024). The researchers chose the construction sample of (50) referees, who constituted a percentage of (83%), and the main research sample The number of (30) referees constituted a percentage of (50%), with (15) referees rated satisfactory according to the performance evaluation form and (15) unsatisfactory referees also according to the classification of the same form. The researchers chose (15) referees for exploratory experience, which constituted a percentage of (25%).