Atkinson, Michael. <br/><br/>
Key concepts in sport and exercise research methods / 
Michael Atkinson. 
 - Los Angeles, Calif. ; London :  SAGE,  2012. 
 - x, 245 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
 - SAGE key concepts. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Academic journals -- Analytic epidemiology -- Applied vs. pure research -- Archival research -- Causality -- Critical theory -- Descriptive statistics -- Discourse analysis -- Distributions -- Epistemology -- Ethnography -- Evaluation research -- Evidence-based research and practice -- Experiments -- Grounded theory -- Hypotheses -- Inferential statistics -- Interdisciplinary research -- Interpretivism -- Interviewing -- Literature reviews -- Media analysis -- Meta-analysis -- Ontology -- Population and samples -- Positivism -- Quantitative vs. qualitative research -- Questionnaires -- Reliability -- Representation -- Research ethics -- Research proposals -- Research questions -- Theory -- Translation -- Triangulation -- Unobtrusive methods -- Validity -- Variables -- Visual methods. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848607293 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--Research--Methodology.<br/>Exercise--Research--Methodology.