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SPSS for Sport and Exercise Studies: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students, 2nd Edition
By Nikos Ntoumanis
SPSS is the international standard software package for data analysis in the social sciences. This book is the only SPSS guide designed specifically for students in the fields of sport, exercise and kinesiology. It Includes sport specific cases and data throughout....
July 2011 | 978-0-415-44339-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Single Case Research Methods in Sport and Exercise
By Jamie Barker, Paul McCarthy, Marc Jones, Aidan Moran
What is single case research? How should it be used in sport and exercise science? Single case research is a powerful method for examining behaviour and behavioural change and for assessing the efficacy of intervention. It has innumerable uses within the context of sport and exercise science,...
February 2011 | 978-0-415-56512-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Young People's Voices in Physical Education and Youth Sport
Edited by Mary O'Sullivan, Ann MacPhail
How do children and young people experience and understand sport and physical activity? What value do they attach to physical education and physical literacy? This important new book attempts to engage more directly than ever before with the experiences of young people by placing the voices of the...
June 2010 | 978-0-415-48745-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Routledge Companion to Sports History
Edited by S. W. Pope, John Nauright
The field of sports history is no longer a fledgling area of study. There is a great vitality in the field and it has matured dramatically over the past decade. Reflecting changes to traditional approaches, sport historians need now to engage with contemporary debates about history, to be...
December 2009 | 978-0-415-77339-3 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Research Methods for Sports Performance Analysis
By Peter O'Donoghue
Modern techniques of sports performance analysis enable the sport scientist, coach and athlete to objectively assess, and therefore improve upon, sporting performance. They are an important tool for any serious practitioner in sport and, as a result, performance analysis has become a key component...
December 2009 | 978-0-415-49623-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Ethics, Knowledge and Truth in Sports Research: An Epistemology of Sport
By Graham McFee
The study of sport is characterised by its inter-disciplinarity, with researchers drawing on apparently incompatible research traditions and ethical benchmarks in the natural sciences and the social sciences, depending on their area of specialisation. In this groundbreaking study, Graham McFee...
December 2009 | 978-0-415-49314-7 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Research Methods for Sports Studies, 2nd Edition
By Chris Gratton, Ian Jones
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...
December 2009 | 978-0-415-49393-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Ethnographies Revisited: Constructing Theory in the Field
Edited by Antony J. Puddephatt, William Shaffir, Steven W. Kleinknecht
Ethnographies Revisited provides first-hand accounts of how leading qualitative researchers crafted key theoretical concepts found in their major book-length ethnographies. Great ethnographic research lies not in the rigid execution of prescribed methodological procedures, but on the unrelenting...
June 2009 | 978-0-415-45221-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Performance Assessment for Field Sports
By Christopher Carling, Tom Reilly, A. Mark Williams
What are the most effective tools, techniques and technologies available to coaches and sport scientists in the assessment of player and team performance? This is the first book dedicated to the assessment of performance in field sports such as soccer, rugby, hockey and lacrosse. It provides...
2008 | 978-0-415-42685-5 | Paperback (Routledge)