The performance of 326 collegiate football players attending the 2000 National Football League combine was studied to determine whether draft status could be predicted from performance measurements. The combine measured height and weight along with 9 performance tests: 225-lb bench press test, 10-yd dash, 20-yd dash, 40-yd dash, 20-yd proagility shuttle, 60-yd shuttle, 3-cone drill, broad jump,...

The structure of this paper is as follows. There is a review of some of the anomalies that have been encountered by social indicators researchers section “Anomalies as Prods to Research”, and an overview of studies exploring various explanatory hypotheses of the anomalies section “Overview of Previous Research”. Plausible next steps are considered in the fourth section “Next Steps”. Beginning w...

The purpose of the first draft is to get one’s ideas on paper and to try out a plan of organization for those ideas. Of course, it should follow the outline that you have prepared beforehand! Much of the effort of a first draft is experimental. For example when writing, one should err toward including, rather than excluding, information and ideas. That is, the first draft is the time to see whe...

I am highly indebted to William E. Bailey for all his assistance, innovative insights, constructive criticism of the first draft and helpful insights into the final draft.