Segmentation of Participants in a Sports Event Using Cluster Analysis

Daniel Martínez-Cevallos, Alejandra Proaño-Grijalva, Mario Alguacil, Daniel Duclos-Bastías and David Parra-Camacho
Additional contact information
Daniel Martínez-Cevallos: Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, University of Valencia, C/Gascó Oliag 3, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Alejandra Proaño-Grijalva: Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, University of Valencia, C/Gascó Oliag 3, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Mario Alguacil: Department of Teaching and Learning of Physical, Plastic and Musical Education, Faculty of Teaching and Educational Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia, C/Sacre Cor, 5, 46010 Godella, Valencia, Spain
Daniel Duclos-Bastías: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Av. Brasil 2950, 2340000 Valparaíso, Chile
David Parra-Camacho: Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, University of Valencia, C/Gascó Oliag 3, 46010 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the segmentation of participants in a sports event according to their perceived quality, perceived value, satisfaction, and future intentions, in order to better understand how each user profile behaves. The sample was made up of 195 participants of a marathon aged between 18 and 65 and the instrument for collecting information consisted of a questionnaire structured in four blocks referring to their participation in popular races, their sports habits, and their opinions according to the aforementioned variables. Using SPSS version 25, frequencies and percentages were analyzed to find out respondents’ opinions. Subsequently, a cluster analysis was carried out to obtain information on how the clusters created from the variables under study aforementioned are distributed. The results of the hierarchical cluster analysis allow us to conclude that there are two differentiated groups of participants that have been called Non-Conformists and Conformists, characterized by having low average ratings and high ratings, respectively. These groups show significant differences in their opinion about perceived quality, perceived value, satisfaction, and future intentions, providing useful information to organizers, to better understand their opinions, better manage events, and better handle variables that are key to business success.

Keywords: segmentation; cluster analysis; sporting events; perceived quality; perceived value; satisfaction; future intentions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/14/5641/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/14/5641/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:14:p:5641-:d:384137

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().