Using Statistics in Sport & Exercise Science Research

This essential reference text describes the processes involved in identifying a worthwhile and answerable research question, formulating hypotheses, designing a research study, collecting-organizing-evaluating data, drawing conclusions, and finally presenting work to the scientific community, allowing the reader to develop confidence in the research process.

Joanne Fallowfield (Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc.,) formerly senior lecturer in exercise physiology at University College Chichester, now works at the Naval Institute of Medicine, Gosport, Hampshire. She is a British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) credited exercise physiologist.

Beverley Hale (M.Sc., B.Ed.,) is senior lecturer in research methods and statistics at University College Chichester, with experience in teaching applied statistics in the sport and exercise sciences, sports therapy, animal science and health science. She is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.

David Wilkinson (Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc.,) is a senior consultant in occupational physiology with Optimal Performance Limited, UK, that provide physiological research and consultancy support to the military and uniformed services. He is a BASES and BOA Accredited exercise physiologist (Support).

Contents: Introduction: The Purpose, Getting Started: The Nature of Research, Experimental Design and Data Collection, Organising and Illustrating Data, Introducing Inferential Statistics, Looking at Relationship and Association: The Relationship Between Variables, Using Relationship for Prediction: Regression Analysis, Testing Differences Between Two Groups, Looking at Differences in More Complex Experimental Designs, Pulling it All Together: A Worked Example, Presenting Your Findings, Common Problems in Conducting Research: Solutions and Reflections.