Mohsen Tayebi; Mohamad Soltan Hoseini; Mehdi Salimi; Shahram Lenjannejadian
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Objective: The purpose of conducting this study was to estimate pricesof Iranian professional football league players.Methodology: The research method was mixed exploratory designs, which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative ...
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Objective: The purpose of conducting this study was to estimate pricesof Iranian professional football league players.Methodology: The research method was mixed exploratory designs, which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative section included managers, club coaches and experts who were familiar with the field of buying and selling players, and fourteen of them were selected by snowball method until they reached saturation point. In the quantitative section, the statistical population included all the football players present in the Iranian Persian Gulf Football Professional League during 2016-2019. The research tool of qualitative method included in-depth interviews, the reliability of which was calculated 81% through re-test method. The data needed to analyze quantitative methods were also collected from valid sites and the Iranian Football League Organization. The model was also designed through radial neural networks using software R.Results: The study results of the qualitative section showed that the player's performance, personal characteristics and abilities, club characteristics and bubble-creating factors are effective on determining the price of football players. Also, in the quantitative section, a model with two hidden layers was designed, which had the least error rate in predicting the price of players.Conclusion: In general, the design of this model will make the officials of buying and selling of football clubs aware so that they can attract talented and cost-effective players with the minimum cost and high level of reliability.
Mohsen Tayebi; amirhesam rahimi; Mir Hasan Seyed Ameri
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of culture in preventing betting in sport.Methodology: The research method was analytical descriptive which was performed by field study method and practical for the purpose. The statistical population of the study consisted of experts ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of culture in preventing betting in sport.Methodology: The research method was analytical descriptive which was performed by field study method and practical for the purpose. The statistical population of the study consisted of experts related to the fields of culture and sport (faculty members and Ph.D. students in social sciences, education, culture, sociology, psychology, sports science, and religious sciences). A total of 217 individuals were selected as research sample Available sampling method was selected. Research measurement instrument was including a self-made questionnaire which its face validity and content validity with exact considering of study literature and asking experts and authorities on the topic. In edition questionnaire reliability was measured by the Cranach’s alpha (α =0.94). Following methods were used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics methods including average and standard deviation, inferential statistics method including the Pearson correlation coefficient and exploration factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis.Results: The research findings showed that the most important roles of culture in preventing betting included fundamental values (0.90), socialization and behavioral control (0.89), identity (0.86), creation Change (0.82), motivational factors and factors (0.78) and social stability (0.67).Conclusion: According to research findings, it can be concluded that having a rich culture and developing it at all levels of society can be used to prevent betting in sport.
