A series of three experiments, based on the method of Functional Measurement,
has explored the importance assigned by professional basketball players
to relevant dispositions of defense and offense players, as determinants of
unsportsmanlike fouls. The 106 participants were leading male players in the
premier basketball league in Israel. Experiment 1 was based on a 16 (24)-cell
model. In an individual meeting, each participant estimated the likelihood that
a defense player would commit an unsportsmanlike foul on an offense player.
In each of the 16 to-be-judged incidents, specific information on a specific