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        1 - Standardization of the decision-making questionnaire in elite football and futsal referees in Asia
        Ramin Iraji Noghondar Hamid Ghasemi Abolfazl Farahani
        The aim of this study was to Standardization of the decision-making questionnaire in elite football and futsal referees in Asia. The statistical population of this study was elite soccer referees and Asian futsal in two sections of men and women, among which 292 questio More
        The aim of this study was to Standardization of the decision-making questionnaire in elite football and futsal referees in Asia. The statistical population of this study was elite soccer referees and Asian futsal in two sections of men and women, among which 292 questionnaires were collected. In order to collect data, a social-researcher-made decision making questionnaire, which consisted of 25 questions, was used. Face and content validity of questionnaire was accepted after translation by professors sport management specialists. Statistical methods were descriptive statistics and Cronbach's alpha coefficient, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used. Analytical results showed (α=0.82) reliability for decision making questionnaire. All questions had a significant relationship with their agent in reliability of Structure, the amount of relationship and T-value, and they could be a good predictor for their agent. X2/df=2.21, RMSEA=0.065 indexes and NFI=1.00, CFI=1.00, IFI=1.1, GFI=0.93 and AGFI=0.92 also confirmed the goodness of models. Also, the results about the relations of factors with the meaning of decision making showed that all factors could be a good predictor for the concept of decision making. Questionnaire decision making reliable and valid measure that can be used to evaluate decision making in the field of sports and reliable and consistent results are achieved. Manuscript profile