Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not hate group density in a state can serve as a proxy variable in determining the racial preferences of head coaches in NCAA Division 1 and 2 football. By proxy variable I am referring to hate groups being an independent variable that is not directly relevant to that of coaches' race, but rather in close correlation to determining that dependent variable. I began with a study of the current research in the topic area. There is not much available in regards to economic papers describing the racial prejudices of employment in the sports world, however, I found some research in similar topics. Through creating my own theory based on customer and employer discrimination, I create a framework in which to understand the regression I create in the latter parts of the paper. This theory was created by looking at key economic principles such as supply and demand, and supplementing the theory with those already created in the field such as the Gary Becker Discrimination model. With this base framework the paper continues into a regression analysis. In order to run this regression of a binary dummy variable, a logistic regression was the preferred method. Through running this regression it was evident that there was no statistical significance between the dependent variable of race and the proxy variable of hate group density. This thus led to the rejection of my hypothesis that hate group density in states could be a proxy variable in the racial preferences of employment of NCAA Division 1 and 2 football coaches.

Advisor

Mellizo, Phil

Department

Business Economics

Publication Date

2023

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis

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