Assessment of Performance of Athletics with Disability in Iran through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Method

The study is to assess the performance of the provinces in the field of athletics of the disabled. The present study is an analytical-descriptive type with a practical purpose. The society and the statistical sample are equal and include the sports teams of veterans and disabled in 31 provinces of the country. After categorizing and describing the data, descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistical tests, multivariate regression and data envelopment analysis were used.  The results showed that the population with disabilities (t = 3/26, p <0/003) and GDP (t = 3/42, p <0/002) can be considered as predictors of the performance of the sports championship of the disabled. Also, from 31 provinces of the country, 8 provinces are among the effective provinces and 23 provinces are among the inefficient provinces. Due to the inability of the provinces of the country to medal earn at the national and international levels, the need for special attention to the increase of GDP and resources and facilities of the provinces and encouraging people with disabilities to participate in sports is very important.