Doing Research in Sport and Exercise

Dr Mark F Smith is both an Associate Professor within the School of Sport and Exercise Science and Director of Education within the College of Social Science at the University of Lincoln, UK. Mark holds British Association for Sport and Exercise Sciences Accreditation for pedagogy (Teaching and Learning) having previously held it for over a decade for Sport Science consultancy activity. As a sport scientist with more than 25 years' experience, Mark has worked with a wide range of performers and teams. He has published research in a range of leading international scientific publications and has been on International Editorial Boards for Sport and Exercise science-related research. As a qualified teacher, Mark has taught many aspects of sport science and research methods across a broad range of educational settings for over two decades. His previous textbooks in Research Methods in Sport and Golf Science have a global audience with the latter having been translated into six languages. He has been an external examiner and educational advisor at a wide range of educational institutions both at home and aboard.

Part I: Mapping your research journey Chapter 1: The context of sport and exercise research Chapter 2: Getting started - the research process Chapter 3: Managing yourself through a research project Chapter 4: Working with your supervisor Part II: Starting your research project Chapter 5: Generating ideas and developing questions Chapter 6: Reviewing the literature (why, when and how?) Chapter 7: Developing a research proposal Chapter 8: Working safely and effectively - a matter of ethics Part III: Selecting your research approach Chapter 9: Selecting an appropriate research strategy Chapter 10: Systematic review research strategy Chapter 11: Experimental research strategy Chapter 12: Correlational research strategy Chapter 13: Case study research strategy Chapter 14: Survey research strategy Chapter 15: Ethnographic research strategy Chapter 16: A mixed-research design approach Part IV: Choosing your data collection methods Chapter 17: Recruiting and involving participants in research Chapter 18: 'Clinical' data collection methods Chapter 19: 'Observational' data collection methods Chapter 20: 'Questionnaire' data collection method Chapter 21: 'Focus group' data collection method Chapter 22: 'Interview' data collection methods Chapter 23: 'Content and discourse analysis' methods Part V: Analysing and presenting your research findings Chapter 24: Collecting, storing and organising your data Chapter 25: Analysing your data Chapter 26: Preparing data for presentation Chapter 27: Writing-up and disseminating your research project

A friendly introduction to key elements of the research process, this book covers many approaches to research and includes topics not covered in similar texts. Examples give application to the concepts addressed. Easy access to sections most useful for particular projects and references to further reading and published research consolidate particular points. -- Beverley Hale