WHAT STATISTICAL DATA OF OBSERVATIONAL PERFORMANCE CAN TELL US AND WHAT THEY CANNOT: THE CASE OF DUTEE CHAND VS AFI & IAAF

TY - JOUR

T1 - WHAT STATISTICAL DATA OF OBSERVATIONAL PERFORMANCE CAN TELL US AND WHAT THEY CANNOT: THE CASE OF DUTEE CHAND VS AFI & IAAF

AU - Franklin, Simon

AU - Ospina Betancurt, Jonathan

AU - Camporesi, Silvia

PY - 2018/1/28

Y1 - 2018/1/28

N2 - This editorial by Franklin, Ospina Betancurt and Camporesi addresses the 2017/18 debate on the role of testosterone in athletic performance. The authors outline what they contend are statistical flaws in the evidence filed by IAAF to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the discussion about the role of hyperandrogenism in women and improved performance in track & field. The reader is directed to the relevant context in the boxed item for the background of this discussion, and to the companion piece in BJSM by Camporesi 2018 for a discussion of the ethical issues of the same case.

AB - This editorial by Franklin, Ospina Betancurt and Camporesi addresses the 2017/18 debate on the role of testosterone in athletic performance. The authors outline what they contend are statistical flaws in the evidence filed by IAAF to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the discussion about the role of hyperandrogenism in women and improved performance in track & field. The reader is directed to the relevant context in the boxed item for the background of this discussion, and to the companion piece in BJSM by Camporesi 2018 for a discussion of the ethical issues of the same case.

KW - ethics

KW - gender

KW - hyperandrogenism

KW - sport

KW - track & field

KW - bioethics

KW - statistics

KW - evidence

KW - Court for Arbitration of Sport

M3 - Editorial

SN - 1473-0480

JO - British Journal of Sports Medicine

JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine

ER -