Essentials of research methods in health, physical education, exercise science, and recreation
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Essentials of research methods in health, physical education, exercise science, and recreation
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2004
2nd ed
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Research methods in health, physical education, exercise science, and recreation
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Previous ed. published with title: Essentials of modern research methods in health, physical education, and recreation
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-280) and index
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Description
Designed to teach Health, Physical Education, Exercise Science, and Recreation students how to be consumers of research in their fields, this text is ideal for upper level and graduate level research courses in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, and Physical Education. New to the Second Edition are expanded statistics problems and data sets, additional statistics and application examples, and computer applications for data analysis. Key concepts are highlighted, and unique and humorous cartoons are used to help illustrate selected points.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to ResearchChapter 2: Ethics in Human Subject ResearchChapter 3: Getting Started: Information RetrivalChapter 4: The Research Paper and ProposalChapter 5: Completing the Research Paper: Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and ReferencesChapter 6: Research WritingChapter 7: Beginning Statistical ConceptsChapter 8: Central Tendency, Variability, and the Normal CurveChapter 9: Probability and Hypothesis TestingChapter 10: Relationships and PredictionsChapter 11: Comparing Mean ScoresChapter 12: Selected Nonparametric StatisticsChapter 13: Measurement and Data Collection ConceptsChapter 14: Experimental Validity and ControlChapter 15: Experimental Research and DesignsChapter 16: Nonexperimental ResearchChapter 17: Qualitative Research MethodsChapter 18: Quality Control in ResearchChapter 19: Assessment and Application of ResearchAppendice
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