A Game of Research: Information Management and Decision-making in Daily Fantasy Sports

ABSTRACT

In this study, we interviewed players of daily fantasy sports to understand their information management and decision-making behaviors. Due to the rapid cycle of decision-making that is required to play daily fantasy sports, we found that participants engaged in sophisticated and complex methods of information compilation and evaluation, using a wide range of digital and analog tools to help them organize vast amounts of information in a short amount of time. We contribute an account of these practices along with suggestions on how to further improve daily fantasy sports products.

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Index Terms

• Human-centered computing

• Information systems

  • Information retrieval

    • Retrieval models and ranking

    • Retrieval tasks and goals