Key Concepts in Sport and Exercise Research Methods

Written by the leading name in the field, this is an engaging introduction to the main concepts in both quantitative and qualitative research methods in sport, exercise, kinesiology and health. Conversational in tone yet thoroughly comprehensive.

Informationen zum Autor Michael Atkinson is Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto. He was previously Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Loughborough University, leading the instruction of research methods and skills at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels therein. Michael received a PhD in Sociology from the University of Calgary in 2001 (BA, University of Waterloo, 1995; MA, McMaster University, 1997). Since then, he has researched and taught courses on the sociology of sport, bodies, deviance and research methods (qualitative, quantitative and historical) at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), McMaster University (Canada), and University of Western Ontario (Canada). For his contributions to the Canadian social sciences, Michael was recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canadäs prestigious Aurora Award in 2004. Klappentext "What a helpful book! This will be a 'friend ' to many undergraduate students looking for clarification."- Helen Hazelwood, St Mary's University College "This is a great book that really helps the students understand research and the complex processes that can often daunt even the most intelligent students."- Phil Barter, Middlesex University "Few can bring research methods to life like Mike Atkinson. His breadth of research interests and experience mean he can introduce you to all you need to know and inspire you to get down to doing some research yourself."- Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University This book systematically demonstrates the significance and application of research methods in plain language. Written for students, it contains the core methodological concepts, practices and debates they need to understand and apply research methods within the field of sport and exercise. It provides a comprehensive panoramic introduction which will reassure and empower students. Written by a leading academic and drawing on years of teaching experience, it includes carefully cross-referenced entries which critically engage with interdisciplinary themes and data. Each concept includes: clear definitions suggestions for further reading comprehensive examples practical applications Pragmatic, lucid and concise the book will provide essential support to students in sports studies, sport development, sport and exercise science, kinesiology and health. Zusammenfassung Written by the leading name in the field! this is an engaging introduction to the main concepts in both quantitative and qualitative research methods in sport! exercise! kinesiology and health. Conversational in tone yet thoroughly comprehensive. Inhaltsverzeichnis Academic Journals Analytic Epidemiology Applied versus Pure Research Archival Research Causality Critical Theory Descriptive Statistics Discourse Analysis Distributions Epistemology Ethnography Evaluation Research Evidence-Based Research and Practice Experiments Grounded Theory Hypotheses Inferential Statistics Interdisciplinary Research Interpretivism Interviewing Literature Reviews Media Analysis Meta-Analysis Ontology Populations and Samples Positivism Quantitative versus Qualitative Research Questionnaires Reliability Representation Research Ethics Research Proposals Research Questions Theory Translation Triangulation Unobtrusive Methods Validity Variables Visual Methods ...

Klappentext

**"What a helpful book! This will be a friend to many undergraduate students looking for clarification."***

• Helen Hazelwood, St Mary s University College***

  "This is a great book that really helps the students understand research and the complex processes that can often daunt even the most intelligent students."***

• Phil Barter, Middlesex University "Few can bring research methods to life like Mike Atkinson. His breadth of research interests and experience mean he can introduce you to all you need to know and inspire you to get down to doing some research yourself."
  **- Dominic Malcolm*, *Loughborough University***

  This book systematically demonstrates the significance and application of research methods in plain language. Written for students, it contains the core methodological concepts, practices and debates they need to understand and apply research methods within the field of sport and exercise. It provides a comprehensive panoramic introduction which will reassure and empower students.

  Written by a leading academic and drawing on years of teaching experience, it includes carefully cross-referenced entries which critically engage with interdisciplinary themes and data. Each concept includes:

• clear definitions
• suggestions for further reading
• comprehensive examples

• practical applications
  Pragmatic, lucid and concise the book will provide essential support to students in sports studies, sport development, sport and exercise science, kinesiology and health.

  Inhalt

  Academic Journals
  Analytic Epidemiology
  Applied versus Pure Research
  Archival Research
  Causality
  Critical Theory
  Descriptive Statistics
  Discourse Analysis
  Distributions
  Epistemology
  Ethnography
  Evaluation Research
  Evidence-Based Research and Practice
  Experiments
  Grounded Theory
  Hypotheses
  Inferential Statistics
  Interdisciplinary Research
  Interpretivism
  Interviewing
  Literature Reviews
  Media Analysis
  Meta-Analysis
  Ontology
  Populations and Samples
  Positivism
  Quantitative versus Qualitative Research
  Questionnaires
  Reliability
  Representation
  Research Ethics
  Research Proposals
  Research Questions
  Theory
  Translation
  Triangulation
  Unobtrusive Methods
  Validity
  Variables
  Visual Methods