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Essentials of research methods in health, physical education, exercise science, and recreation /

By: Berg, Kris E, 1943-.
Contributor(s): Latin, Richard Wayne, 1953-.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xvii, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780781770361; 9780781770361:; 078177036X.Subject(s): Research -- Methodology | Technical writing | Medical sciences -- Research -- Methodology | Physical education and training -- Research -- Methodology | Recreation -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 001.42
Contents:
Introduction to research -- Ethics in human subject research -- Getting started: information retrieval -- The research paper and proposal -- Completing the research paper: results, discussion, conclusion, and references -- Research writing -- Basic statistical concepts -- Central tendency, variability, and the normal curve -- Probability and hypothesis testing -- Relationships and predictions -- Comparing mean scores -- Selected nonparametric statistics -- Measurement and data collection concepts -- Experimental validity and control -- Experimental research and designs -- Nonexperimental or descriptive research -- Qualitative research methods -- Quality control in research -- Assessment and application of research.
Summary: Exploring topics covered in research courses in exercise science, kinesiology, and physical education, this work lists the skills needed to write effective research proposals and theses; read, assess, interpret, and apply published research; and understand how to conduct basic studies in health, PE and recreation.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-318) and index.

Introduction to research -- Ethics in human subject research -- Getting started: information retrieval -- The research paper and proposal -- Completing the research paper: results, discussion, conclusion, and references -- Research writing -- Basic statistical concepts -- Central tendency, variability, and the normal curve -- Probability and hypothesis testing -- Relationships and predictions -- Comparing mean scores -- Selected nonparametric statistics -- Measurement and data collection concepts -- Experimental validity and control -- Experimental research and designs -- Nonexperimental or descriptive research -- Qualitative research methods -- Quality control in research -- Assessment and application of research.

Exploring topics covered in research courses in exercise science, kinesiology, and physical education, this work lists the skills needed to write effective research proposals and theses; read, assess, interpret, and apply published research; and understand how to conduct basic studies in health, PE and recreation.

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