Relative age effect in males, but not females, undergraduate students of sport science

Relative age effect (RAE) is a bias usually observed in young athletes and in academia, where participation is higher among those born early in the year. We aimed to determine RAE in undergraduate students of sport science. The birth dates of a sample of undergraduate students (N = 11,280) at the University of Torino (Italy) were collected. Students belonged to sport science (N = 5229) and other faculties (N = 6051; law, arts, and economics)....