Research Methods for Sport Management

PART I Overview of the Sport Management Research Process

1 Basic Principles of Sport Management Research

2 The Sport Management Research Process

3 Choosing a Research Design, Reporting Research, and Ethics

PART II Qualitative Research for Sport Management Researchers

4 Qualitative Data Collection in Sport Management Research

5 Qualitative Data Analysis in Sport Management Research

6 Action Research and Sport Management Research

7 Case Study Research

8 Deconstruction and Sport Management Research

9 Discourse Analysis and Ethnomethodology

10 Ethnographic Approaches

11 Emerging Ethnographical Approaches

12 Feminism, Queer Theory, and Standpoint Theory as a Methodology in Sport Management Research

13 Narrative Inquiry and the Stories Sport Management Researchers Can Tell

14 Phenomenology and the Lived Experience of the Sport Management Researcher

15 Emerging Critical Qualitative Approaches for the Sport Management Researcher

PART III Quantitative Research for Sport Management Researchers

16 Research Design for a Quantitative Study

17 Data Collection Methods for a Quantitative Study

18 Quantitative Data Analysis in Sport Management Research

19 Introduction to Inferential Statistics

20 Correlation and Regression Analysis Techniques

21 Determining Difference Among Groups

22 Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis, and Structural Equation Modeling

23 Non-Parametric Techniques: Chi-Square and Spearman's Rho Correlation

24 Data Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Research

PART IV Alternative Approaches and Methods for Sport Management Research

25 Mixed Method Approaches for Sport Management Research

26 Social Media Techniques for Sport Management Research

27 Social Network Analysis for Sport Management Research

28 A Framework for Sport Management Research: Research 3.0