Research Methods for Sports Studies

By C. Gratton, I. Jones. 2003

715 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Preface 1. What is Research? 2. Research Traditions 3. The Research Process 4. Research Questions, Aims and Objectives 5. Reviewing the Literature 6. Theories, Concepts and Variables in Sport Research 7. Research Designs 8. Collecting Data I - The Questionnaire Survey 9. Collecting Data II - Research Interviews 10. Collecting Data III - Unobtrusive Methods - Observation and Content Analysis 11. Collecting Data IV - Ethnographic Research in Sport 12. Analysing Data I - Quantitative Data Analysis 13. Analysing Data II - Qualitative Data Analysis 14. Writing a Research Report 15. Sports Research and the Internet 16. Student Issues 17. Bibliography 18. Journals publishing sports-related research 19. Glossary

Subfields: Gender Studies, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Sexual abuse in sport: a model to prevent and protect athletes (2011, methodology): “Content analysis was also used to analyse the written documents (Gratton and Jones, 2004).”
• Exploring social and environmental factors affecting adolescents' participation in physical activity (2007, background): “Furthermore, permission was granted from gatekeepers (Denzin and Lincoln, 2000; Gratton and Jones, 2004) – in this instance the heads of schools and the heads of PE departments.”
• The Impact of Whatsapp Messenger Usage on Students Performance in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana (2014, methodology): “With this method, interviewer biases are non-existent Gratton & Jones, (2004).”