Talk:Relative age effect

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Thanks for the bulleted list help Will be expanding with graphs and other data — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chemical287 (talk • contribs) 21:56, 19 October 2012 (UTC) Is the template refinecat edit a nudge for me or will you be returning to it?Chemical287 (talk) 07:41, 26 October 2012 (UTC). Will do some work on the graphs - advice on templates welcome.Chemical287 (talk) 14:01, 26 October 2012 (UTC) On the terminology I've adjusted the wording slightly in respect of 'season of birth bias' and 'month of birth bias' to make a distinction - maybe expansion of the hypothesised mechanisms driving the various effects is necessary. References Gladwell/Levitt/Dubner are made because they popularised the issue - if this detracts from the significant body of scientific research perhaps the references in the main body of the article should be removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chemical287 (talk • contribs) 10:47, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

List of further reading
I have a feeling that the "Further reading" list in this article is so long that it risks to be useless. According to WP:FURTHER, the list should have "a reasonable number of publications that would help interested readers learn more about the article subject" (emphasis mine). First of all, I doubt that an article with less than 500 words reasonably needs more than 100 further reading sources. Secondly, I think that the high number of sources may discourage an interested reader more than helping him. In summary, I think that the purpose of the "further reading" section is not to be a repository for all related material, but to serve as a base for a reader who wants to go more in depth on the subject. Please, help that poor reader. (Also see WP:NOTEVERYTHING). Have a wonderful time :) --Mpitt (talk) 18:39, 5 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Per WP:LISTN, if there are published bibliographies for the relative age effect, most of the material could be moved to Bibliography for the relative age effect, or somesuch. Paradoctor (talk) 13:17, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

I removed the basketball reference from the further reading section as I added it to the main body like I have done with all of the other citations in the sports section, meaning it was in both reference sections. I have been organizing the citations trying to make them more meaningful, instead of having a long list at the bottom. Do you think they should all be duplicated in the further reading section? DannyHatcher (talk) 23:05, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Correction, having looked back, when I added the citation into the text I used the wrong basketball paper as I was working through them so it wasn't included in the text. I have corrected my mistake, good spot :) DannyHatcher (talk) 00:23, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Lexicon Removal
With many of the terms listed not being used in the body of the article, few having references, and many having debated definitions lacking nuance I think removing this section and using appropriate terms in the article would be more useful for readers. Does anyone object?DannyHatcher (talk) 17:25, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia RAE Comments

1.	 I recognize that this article on the relative age effect is very well done. Congratulations to the authors. 2.	I would like to add information to the material on the Relative Age Effect (RAE) and I would ask that this information be considered for inclusion In the Wikipedia article. 3.	As noted in the article, the popularization and interest in RAE was largely related to the publication of “Outliers” (Gladwell) and “SuperFreakonomics” (Levitt). Both authors noted and based their discussions on the research of Paula Barnsley, Roger Barnsley and A.H. Gus Thompson. In addition, Gladwell interviewed Roger Barnsley and Levitt interviewed Paula Barnsley. Their information was primarily based on two articles by these authors. 4.	Barnsley, R. H., Thompson, A. H., & Barnsley, P. E. (1985). Hockey success and birthdate: The relative age effect. Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, 51, 23–28. To the best of my knowledge, this article is the first to use and name the concept of “The Relative Age Effect” in the literature. However, Langer, et, al. did earlier report that relative age was related to school achievement. Langer, P., Kalk, J. M., & Searls, D. T. (1984). Age of admission and trends in achievement: A comparison of Blacks and Caucasians. American Educa- tional Research Journal, 21, 61–78. 5.	Barnsley, R. H., & Thompson, A. H. (1988). Birthdate and success in minor hockey: The key to the NHL. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 20, 167–176. This article was also extensively utilized by Gladwell and, it should be noted that this article explores and discusses the basic components of RAE, namely, age cohort grouping, performance, selection, streaming and differentiation of experience. Components that continue to be reported in the current literature. 6.	Having noted this chronology, it should be recognized, that S. Grondin in “Grondin, S. (1982). Influence du trimestre de naissance sur l’accès à la partici- pation au hockey et au volleyball. Thèse de mâıtrise (non publiée). Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.“ reported on birth effects in hockey in 1982. 7.	The above points and references may be found in a recent book chapter, “Barnsley, Paula E., Barnsley, Roger H., and Thompson, Angus H. “Relative Age Effects: Early Studies” found in “Relative Age Effects in Sport: International Perspective” Dixon, J. C., Horton, S., Chittle, L. and Baker, J. Routledge, 2020. 8.	The following articles should be noted as the first reported and published findings of the RAE in several sports activities and areas. 9.	Football/Soccer. Barnsley, R. H., Thompson, A. H., & Legault, P. (1992). Family planning: Football style. The relative age effect in football. International Review of the Sociology of Sport, 27, 78–88. 10.	Baseball. Thompson, A. H., Barnsley, R. H., & Stebelsky, G. (1991). “Born to play ball”: The relative age effect and Major League Baseball. Sociology of Sport Journal, 8, 146–151. Thompson, A. H., Barnsley, R. H., & Stebelsky, G. (1992). Baseball performance and the relative age effect: Does Little League neutralize birth date selection bias? Nine, 1(1), 19–30. 11.	Self Esteem. Thompson, A. H., Barnsley, R. H., & Battle, J. (2004). The relative age effect and the development of self-esteem. Educational Research, 46, 313–320. 12.	Suicide. Thompson, A. H., Barnsley, R. H., & Dyck, R. J. (1999). A new factor in youth suicide: The relative age effect. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 44, 82–85. 13.	I believe that this information is both important and useful in understanding the Relative Age Effect and I would ask that this information be considered for inclusion in the Wikipedia article. 14.	I would like to express my appreciation in being able to provide this information and I am available for further discussions if that could be helpful. My email address is rhb@tru.ca 15. Thank you and best regards, Roger Barnsley — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3D08:2D89:100:20EA:D3DA:A267:66BD (talk) 23:04, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Relative Age Effect
Wikipedia RAE Comments 1. I recognize that this article on the relative age effect is very well done. Congratulations to the authors. 2. I would like to add information to the material on the Relative Age Effect (RAE) and I would ask that this information be considered for inclusion In the Wikipedia article. 3. As noted in the article, the popularization and interest in RAE was largely related to the publication of “Outliers” (Gladwell) and “SuperFreakonomics” (Levitt). Both authors noted and based their discussions on the research of Paula Barnsley, Roger Barnsley and A.H. Gus Thompson. In addition, Gladwell interviewed Roger Barnsley and Levitt interviewed Paula Barnsley. Their information was primarily based on two articles by these authors. 4. Barnsley, R. H., Thompson, A. H., & Barnsley, P. E. (1985). Hockey success and birthdate: The relative age effect. Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, 51, 23–28. To the best of my knowledge, this article is the first to use and name the concept of “The Relative Age Effect” in the literature. However, Langer, et, al. did earlier report that relative age was related to school achievement. Langer, P., Kalk, J. M., & Searls, D. T. (1984). Age of admission and trends in achievement: A comparison of Blacks and Caucasians. American Educa- tional Research Journal, 21, 61–78. 5. Barnsley, R. H., & Thompson, A. H. (1988). Birthdate and success in minor hockey: The key to the NHL. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 20, 167–176. This article was also extensively utilized by Gladwell and, it should be noted that this article explores and discusses the basic components of RAE, namely, age cohort grouping, performance, selection, streaming and differentiation of experience. Components that continue to be reported in the current literature. 6. Having noted this chronology, it should be recognized, that S. Grondin in “Grondin, S. (1982). Influence du trimestre de naissance sur l’accès à la partici- pation au hockey et au volleyball. Thèse de mâıtrise (non publiée). Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.“ reported on birth effects in hockey in 1982. 7. The above points and references may be found in a recent book chapter, “Barnsley, Paula E., Barnsley, Roger H., and Thompson, Angus H. “Relative Age Effects: Early Studies” found in “Relative Age Effects in Sport: International Perspective” Dixon, J. C., Horton, S., Chittle, L. and Baker, J. Routledge, 2020. 8. The following articles should be noted as the first reported and published findings of the RAE in several sports activities and areas. 9. Football/Soccer. Barnsley, R. H., Thompson, A. H., & Legault, P. (1992). Family planning: Football style. The relative age effect in football. International Review of the Sociology of Sport, 27, 78–88. 10. Baseball. Thompson, A. H., Barnsley, R. H., & Stebelsky, G. (1991). “Born to play ball”: The relative age effect and Major League Baseball. Sociology of Sport Journal, 8, 146–151. Thompson, A. H., Barnsley, R. H., & Stebelsky, G. (1992). Baseball performance and the relative age effect: Does Little League neutralize birth date selection bias? Nine, 1(1), 19–30. 11. Self Esteem. Thompson, A. H., Barnsley, R. H., & Battle, J. (2004). The relative age effect and the development of self-esteem. Educational Research, 46, 313–320. 12. Suicide. Thompson, A. H., Barnsley, R. H., & Dyck, R. J. (1999). A new factor in youth suicide: The relative age effect. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 44, 82–85. 13. I believe that this information is both important and useful in understanding the Relative Age Effect and I would ask that this information be considered for inclusion in the Wikipedia article. 14. I would like to express my appreciation in being able to provide this information and I am available for further discussions if that could be helpful. My email address is rhb@tru.ca 15. Thank you and best regards, Roger Barnsley 2604:3D08:2D89:100:BD51:5441:BC1A:670F (talk) 23:36, 10 June 2022 (UTC)