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