Download or read book Sport Approaches to the study of sport written by Eric Dunning and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of texts providing a useful resource for students in the field of sports studies. Subject headings include approaches to the study of sport, the development and structure of modern sport, sport and power relations, and major issues in contemporary sport.

Download or read book Research Methods in Sport written by Mark F. Smith and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed full of essential tools and tips, this second edition is your quick-start guide to undertaking research within real world of sport. Using clear, accessible language, Smith maps an easy-to-follow journey through the research process, drawing upon the most up-to-date evidence and resources to help you select the most appropriate research approach for your project. Throughout the book you will discover: Key points that highlight important definitions and theories; Reflection points to help you make connections between key concepts and your research; Learning activities to put your newfound knowledge into practice; Further reading to explore the wider context of sport research in the real world. Featuring over thirty-five case studies of students’ and academics’ research in practice, this book is the perfect guide-by-your-side to have during your own sport research.

Download or read book Research Methods for Sports Studies written by Chris Gratton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, accessible and practical textbook provides a complete grounding in both qualitative and quantitative research methods for the sports studies student. The book offers the reader a step-by-step guide to the research process, from designing a research project, to collecting and analyzing data, to reporting the research, and is richly illustrated throughout with sport-related case-studies and examples from around the world. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, the book covers key topics such as: choosing an appropriate research design undertaking a literature review key research techniques, including questionnaires, interviews, content analysis and ethnographic studies data analysis, including an introduction to SPSS, as well as guides to descriptive and inferential statistics writing a research report ethical issues in sports research. Research Methods in Sports Studies is designed to be a complete and self-contained companion to any research methods course and contains a wealth of useful features, such as highlighted definitions of key terms, revision questions, practical research exercises, and a companion website with web links, multiple choice questions, powerpoint slides, and other learning resources. The book is also an invaluable reference for any student undertaking a dissertation or research project as part of their studies. Visit the companion website at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415493932

Download or read book Physical Education and the Study of Sport written by Bob Davis and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition is designed for the new A level syllabuses, and is also suitable for HND sports studies; covers anatomy, physiology and biomechanics; skill acquisition and sport physiology; contemporary and historical aspects of sport.

Download or read book Research Methodologies for Sports Scholarship written by James Skinner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When investigating the diverse, complex and changing contemporary field of sport, we recognize there is no methodology that meets the needs of all sport. Sport researchers should take advantage of innovative approaches from other fields to explore emerging phenomena or innovatively advance scholarly sport research approaches. For example, technology, globalization and commercialization may be the principal trends, but they are not the only trends, Sport researchers have the opportunity to study other trends, including the modernization of sport organizations, changing governance practices, regulatory changes, innovation, merchandising, media and broadcasting technologies, socio demographic influences (i.e. aging populations, change in employment patterns, increasing diversity), sport for development, physical activity and sport participation changes. As such, this book introduces innovative research methods and approaches can be applied to the sport discipline. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Download or read book Sport and Exercise Psychology Research written by Markus Raab and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-06-18 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport and Exercise Psychology Research: From Theory to Practice provides a comprehensive summary of new research in sport and exercise psychology from worldwide researchers. Encompassing theory, research, and applications, the book is split into several themed sections. Section 1 discusses basic antecedents to performance including fitness, practice, emotion, team dynamics, and more. Section 2 identifies factors influencing individual performance. Section 3 discusses applied sport psychology for athletes and coaches, and section 4 includes approaches from exercise psychology on motivation and well-being. The book includes a mix of award winning researchers from the European Sport Psychology Association, along with top researchers from the U.S. to bring an international overview to sport psychology. - Includes international contributions from Europe and the U.S. - Encompasses theory, research, and applications - Includes sport psychology and exercise research - Features applied information for use with coaches, teams, and elite athletes - Identifies performance enhancers and inhibitors

Download or read book Research Methods in Physical Education and Youth Sport written by Kathleen Armour and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first research methods book to focus entirely on physical education and youth sport. It guides the reader through the whole research process; from the first steps to completion of a dissertation or practice-based project, and introduces key topics such as: formulating a research question qualitative approaches quantitative approaches mixed method research literature review case studies survey, interviews and focus groups data analysis writing the dissertation. Each chapter includes a full range of useful pedagogical features, including chapter summaries, practical activities, case studies, dialogues with active researchers and guidance on further reading and resources. With contributions from some of the world’s best-known researchers in the field, this book is indispensible reading for all students and professionals working in physical education, youth sport, sports coaching and related subjects.

Download or read book Research Methods for Sport Studies written by Chris Gratton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction 1 What do we mean by 'research'? 4 The characteristics of research 4 Why undertake research? 5 The different types of research 6 Pure and applied research 7 Primary and secondary research 8 Theoretical and empirical research 8 Some misconceptions about research 8 Understanding sports research 9 How to read research 10 Summary 12 Further reading 13 Introduction 14 The nature of knowledge 15 Quantitative and qualitative research 21 The growth of qualitative research in sport studies 23 Choosing quantitative or qualitative approaches 25 Mixing quantitative and qualitative data 25 Deductive and inductive research 26 Two broad research traditions 27 What approaches are suitable for my research? 28 Summary 29 Introduction 31 The research process 31 Summary 36 Further reading 37 38 Introduction 38 Coming up with a research topic 39 Focusing your research question 41 Writing a research proposal 47 Weaknesses in research proposals 47 Summary 48 Introduction 50 Purposes of the literature review 51 Sources of literature 52 Finding the literature 54 Focusing your literature search 56 Assessing the literature 58 How do I know when I have collected enough literature? 59 How should I write up the literature review? 59 How do I reference other authors? 62 Maintaining your references 65 Structuring your literature review 65 Relating your literature review to your research question 66 Mistakes often made in the literature review 67 Identifying secondary data 67 Summary 69 Introduction 71 Theories and theoretical frameworks 72 Considering your approach 73 How do I know which theory to use? 75 Concepts and conceptual frameworks 76 Reliability and validity 85 The relationship between reliability and validity 88 Summary 89 Introduction 91 Experimental designs 92 Cross-sectional/survey designs 94 Time series designs 95 Longitudinal designs 96 Case study research 97 Grounded theory designs 99 Ethnographic designs 99 Sampling issues 99 Selecting a sample 100 Non-response bias 102 Non-probability sampling methods 103 Mistakes made in selecting a sample 104 Determining the sample size 104 Case study or ethnographic sampling 106 What methods should I use to collect data from my sample? 107 Triangulation of data 108 Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches 109 Ethical considerations in research design 110 Summary 113 Introduction 115 When is the use of a questionnaire appropriate? 116 Advantages of the questionnaire survey 117 Disadvantages of the postal questionnaire 118 Designing your questionnaire 118 What types of question can I ask? 119 Should I use existing questions or scales or develop my own? 124 Ordering the questionnaire 125 Problems in questionnaire design 125 Piloting the questionnaire 127 Increasing your response rate 132 The covering letter 133 Administering the questionnaire 135 Following up non-respondents 137 Summary 138 Further reading 139 Introduction 140 When is interviewing appropriate? 140 The different types of interview 141 Advantages of the interview method 142 Disadvantages of the interview method 143 Designing the interview schedule 144 Carrying out the interview 145 Motivating the informant 146 Probing 147 Asking sensitive questions 147 Recording the interview 148 Reliability and validity of the interview 150 The telephone interview 152 Interviews and sample size 153 The key informant interview 154 Focus groups 154 Summary 156 Further reading 157 Introduction 158 Advantages of unobtrusive methods 159 Disadvantages of unobtrusive methods 159 Observation and participant observation 159 When is observation appropriate? 160 Advantages of observational methods 163 Disadvantages of observational methods 163 Carrying out an observational study 164 Recording data 165 Mistakes made in observational studies 167 Content analysis 167 Mistakes made in content analysis 172 Summary 172 Further reading 174 Introduction 175 Characteristics of an ethnography 178 Undertaking a sports ethnography 180 Ethnographic methods 185 Experiential ethnography 187 Writing the ethnography 188 Issues of validity and reliability 188 Ethnography and student research 189 Summary 189 Further reading 191 Introduction 192 The use of computer software in quantitative analysis 193 Data preparation 194 Using SPSS for Windows 196 Analysing data using SPSS for Windows 198 Analysing your data 199 Descriptive statistics 199 Presenting descriptive statistics 202 Inferential statistics 206 Interpreting the results 206 Tests of association 208 Testing differences 210 Which test should I use? 214 A final word on statistics 215 Summary 215 Further reading 216 Introduction 217 Stages of qualitative analysis 218 Coding qualitative data 219 Stages of data coding 220 Maximising the validity and reliability of your data 221 What should I look for when I have coded my data? 222 Using raw data to support your analysis 223 Computer analysis and qualitative data 225 Member validation of qualitative analysis 226 Summary 226 Further reading 227 Introduction 228 Writing the research report 229 Structuring the research report 231 Language and writing style 239 Assessing your own research report 239 The oral presentation of your research 244 Summary 246 Introduction 248 What is the Internet? 249 Searching the Internet 249 Assessing web sites 251 Internet resources 252 A final word on the Internet 254 Summary 254 Further reading 255 Introduction 256 The types of student research 256 Initial considerations 258 What characterises a good piece of student research? 258 Originality and generalisability 260 The research time scale 260 Gaining collaboration and access 261 The role of your tutor 263 Common faults in student research 266 Summary 267 Further reading 268.

Download or read book Methods of Research in Sport Sciences written by Gershon Tenenbaum and published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The handbook consists of a solid theoretical and scientific rationale that is presented in a simple language, which both the beginning and advanced students can understand. It also presents a balance between quantitative and qualitative methods of research and analysis, and advocates for problem-focused methodology and mixed design when the questions asked by the researcher or the scientists require doing so. The most distinctive feature of the book is that the contents are presented in a hierarchy in terms of complexity. Therefore, the handbook can be used for teaching simple topics such as asking questions that deserve scientific methods of investigation, and simple statistical techniques, as well as complex multivariate methods of inquiry. The mathematical terms are presented in symbols and graphs only when the concepts were clarified in a simple language and friendly manner. Each of the chapters develops in a clear and sequential order, so that students and researchers accumulate knowledge based on concept mapping rather than memorization. The didactics of the book enable the learner to carry over the learning contents to other courses and apply them to other domains of interest.

Download or read book Research Methods for Sports Studies written by Chris Gratton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-01-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and accessible textbook offers a complete grounding in both qualitative and quantitative research methods for the sports studies student.

Download or read book Sport Physical Culture and the Moving Body written by Joshua I. Newman and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Choice​ Outstanding Academic Title The moving body—pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events—holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves—as it performs, sweats, runs, and jumps—it sets in motion an intricate web of scientific rationalities, spatial arrangements, corporate imperatives, and identity politics (i.e. politics of gender, race, social class, etc.). It represents vitality in its productive and physiological capacities, it drives a complex economy of experiences and products, and it is a meaningful site of cultural identities and politics. Contributors to Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body work from a simple premise: as it moves, the material body matters. Adding to the burgeoning fields of sport studies and body studies, the works featured here draw upon the traditions of feminist theory, posthumanism, actor network theory, and new materialism to reposition the physical, moving body as crucial to the cultural, political, environmental, and economic systems that it constitutes and within which is constituted. Once assembled, the book presents a study of bodies in motion—made to move in contexts where technique, performance, speed, strength, and vitality not only define the conduct therein, but provide the very reason for the body’s being within those economies and environments. In so doing, the contributors look to how the body moving for and about rational systems of science, medicine, markets, and geopolity shapes the social and material world in important and unexpected ways. In Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body, contributors explore the extent to which the body, when moving about both ostensibly active body spaces (i.e., the gymnasium, the ball field, exercise laboratory, the track or running trail, the beach, or the sport stadium) and those places less often connected to physical activity (i.e. the home, the street, the classroom, the automobile), is bounded to technologies of life and living; and to the political arrangements that seek to capitalize upon such frames of biological vitality. To do so, the authors problematize the rise of active body science (i.e. kinesiology, sport and exercise sciences, performance biotechnology) and the effects these scientific interventions have on embodied, lived experience. Contributors to Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body will be engaging a range of new and emerging theoretical perspectives, including new materialist, political ecology, developmental systems theory, and new material feminist approaches, to examine the actors and assemblages of movement-based material, political, and economic production. In so doing, contributors will vividly and powerfully illustrate the extent to which a focus on the fleshed body and its material conditions can bring forth new insights or ontological and epistemological innovation to the sociology of sport and physical activity. They will also explore the agency of the body as and amongst things. Such a performative materialist approach explicates how complex assemblages of sport and physical activity—bringing into association everything from muscle fibers and dietary proteins to stadium concrete or regional aquifers—are not only meaningful, but ecological. By focusing on the confluence of agentive materialities, disciplinary technologies, vibrant assemblages, speculative realities, and vital performativities, Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body promises to offer a groundbreaking departure from representationalist tendencies and orthodoxies brought about by the cultural turn in sport and physical cultural studies. It brings the moving body and its physics back into focus: recentering moving flesh and bones as locus of social order, environmental change, and the global political economy.

Download or read book Research Methods for Sport Management written by James Skinner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research methods courses have become a compulsory component of most degree programs in sport management. This is the first introductory research methods textbook to focus exclusively on sport management. Through the use of examples, cases and data taken from the real world of sport management it opens up a traditionally dry area of study, helping the student to understand the vital importance of sound methodology in their studies and subsequent professional practice. The book covers the full range of quantitative and qualitative methods across the whole span of the research process, from research design and the literature review to data analysis and report writing. Every chapter contains a range of useful features to aid student learning, including summaries, discussion questions and guides to further resources, as well as examples drawn from contemporary sport around the world. Research Methods for Sport Management is an essential course text for all sport management students and an invaluable reference for any sport management professional involved in operational research.

Download or read book Qualitative Research on Sport and Physical Culture written by Kevin A. Young and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses issues in methodology, contemporary issues in research methods and innovative trends in qualitative research that are addressed through case study examples from areas of research in sport studies. This title includes: historical methods; ethnography; auto-ethnography; embodied methods; interviewing; and, narratives.

Download or read book Doing Real World Research in Sports Studies written by Andy Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional research methods textbooks tend to present an idealized and simplistic picture of the research process. This ground-breaking text however, features leading international sport researchers explaining how they actually carried out their real life research projects, highlighting the practical day-to-day problems, false starts and setbacks that are a normal part of the research process. This book focuses on ten pieces of research that have made a distinctive and valuable contribution to the study of sport. For each one the author of that research explains how the project was conducted and the issues that they faced. In addition, each piece of research has a commentary from a leading sport scholar outlining why it is regarded as being an important contribution to the discipline of sport studies and how that research can inform studies being carried out today. Contributors to the book describe how in their own real life research projects, they initially conceptualized and defined their research projects secured funding and/or sponsorship from relevant bodies handled enforced changes to the research plans confronted/overcame obstacles presented by outside bodies managed inter-personal/emotional relationships in the research encounter managed possible threats to their personal safety or physical integrity managed good luck, bad luck and serendipitous findings dealt with favourable and hostile media reaction to research findings. Doing Real World Research in Sport Studies enables students and researchers to develop a more realistic understanding of what the research process actually involves. It charts the development of key research projects in sport and should be essential reading for any sport research methods course.

Download or read book Research Methods in Sport written by Mark F. Smith and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-03-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive resource for all those studying sport at college or university. It covers qualitative and quantitative methods, and explains what research is, how to conduct a systematic review, and how to select, apply and combine research methods.The reader is supported throughout by learning activities, real-life examples and advice on further study.

Download or read book Research Methods for Sports Studies written by Ian Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Methods for Sports Studies is a comprehensive, engaging and practical textbook that provides a complete grounding in both qualitative and quantitative research methods for the sports studies student. Leading the reader step-by-step through the entire research process, from identifying a research question and collecting and analyzing data to writing the research report, it is richly illustrated throughout with sport-related case-studies and examples from around the world. Now in a fully revised, updated and expanded third edition, the book includes completely new chapters on using social media and conducting on-line research, as well as expanded coverage of key topics such as conducting a literature review, making the most of statistics, research ethics and presenting research. Research Methods for Sports Studies is designed to be a complete and self-contained companion to any research methods course and contains a wealth of useful features, such as highlighted definitions of key terms, revision questions and practical research exercises. An expanded companion website offers additional material for students and instructors, including web links, multiple choice revision questions, an interactive glossary, PowerPoint slides and additional learning activities for use in and out of class. This is an essential read for any student undertaking a dissertation or research project as part of their studies in sport, exercise and related fields.

Download or read book Researching Embodied Sport written by Ian Wellard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a growing interest in the sociology of the body, there has to date been a lack of scholarly work addressing the embodied aspects which form a central part of our understanding and experience of sport and movement cultures. Researching Embodied Sport explores the political, social and cultural significance of embodied approaches to the study of sport, physical activities and dance. It explains how embodied approaches fit with existing theory in studies of sport and movement cultures and makes a compelling case for incorporating an embodied approach into the study of sporting practices and experience. The book adopts a multi-disciplinary lens, moving beyond the traditional dualism of body and mind, and incorporating the physical with the social and the psychological. It applies key theories that have shaped our thinking about the body and sport, and examines both the personal, subjective experience of sporting activities and those experiences involving engagement and contact with other people, in team sports for example. The book also explores the methodological implications of ‘doing’ embodied research, particularly in terms of qualitative approaches to sports research. Written by a team of leading international sports researchers, and packed with vivid examples from sporting contexts as diverse as surfing, fell running, korfball and disability sport, Researching Embodied Sport is fascinating reading for any advanced student or researcher working in the sociology of sport, physical cultural studies, physical education, body studies or health studies.