Doing Research in Sport and Exercise

Part I: Mapping your research journey
Chapter 1: The context of sport and exercise research
Chapter 2: Getting started - the research process
Chapter 3: Managing yourself through a research project
Chapter 4: Working with your supervisor
Part II: Starting your research project
Chapter 5: Generating ideas and developing questions
Chapter 6: Reviewing the literature (why, when and how?)
Chapter 7: Developing a research proposal
Chapter 8: Working safely and effectively - a matter of ethics
Part III: Selecting your research approach
Chapter 9: Selecting an appropriate research strategy
Chapter 10: Systematic review research strategy
Chapter 11: Experimental research strategy
Chapter 12: Correlational research strategy
Chapter 13: Case study research strategy
Chapter 14: Survey research strategy
Chapter 15: Ethnographic research strategy
Chapter 16: A mixed-research design approach
Part IV: Choosing your data collection methods
Chapter 17: Recruiting and involving participants in research
Chapter 18: 'Clinical' data collection methods
Chapter 19: 'Observational' data collection methods
Chapter 20: 'Questionnaire' data collection method
Chapter 21: 'Focus group' data collection method
Chapter 22: 'Interview' data collection methods
Chapter 23: 'Content and discourse analysis' methods
Part V: Analysing and presenting your research findings
Chapter 24: Collecting, storing and organising your data
Chapter 25: Analysing your data
Chapter 26: Preparing data for presentation
Chapter 27: Writing-up and disseminating your research project