Research Methods Kin 250

Dr. Emily H. Wughalter

Sport Psychology

Motor Learning and Control

Sport History

Sport Philosophy

Exercise Physiology

Sport Sociology

Measurement and Statistics

BiomechanicsSport Anthropology

Sport Art

Special Populations Kinesiology

Systematic process for observing and recording information

Conglomeration of research, design, and statistics

Detailed so that anyone can replicate the study and confirm its findings

Identify the problem Investigate/review source materials Design a method Analyze the results Discuss the results Draw Conclusions

Key words Primary Source Secondary Source Thesaurus Print Source Online Source Format Full text database/index

Almanacs Encyclopedias Handbooks Annual reviews Abstracts from conventions or

conferences Journals Books Government documents

Enter the bibliographic info here in APA format

Summarize the hypothesis(es), instrumentation, findings, and conclusions here

Plagiarism means using the work of someone else without giving that person credit for his or her work.

San José State University has a strict policy on unethical behavior, including: plagiarism and other forms of cheating.

The Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Developmenbt

http://www.sa.sjsu.edu/judicial_affairs/students/index.html

Develop a list of key words Use the online data bases for searching

for information Find the articles online or in the library

http://www.sjlibrary.org/gateways/academic/

Composed of facts and theories Enables us to understand phenomena

and to solve problems

First hand through observation Second hand through the

interpretation/perception of others

Consistency

Perception, bias, and expectations may create problems or unreliability with first hand observations.

Lack of valid and reliable information may be problematic with second hand information.

Authority Personal Experience Deduction Induction Scientific method

Does a score or information do what it purports to do?

A measure is a numerical or descriptive score that results from observing phenomena and it reflects how much an object or an individual possesses the characteristic.

Statistics represent the synthesis of an entire set of measures or scores, e.g., the average is a statistic and it is usually referred to as the mean.

Descriptive Statistics Correlation Univariate Statistics

ANOVA Multivariate Statistics

MANOVA Multiple Correlation