
Conducting And Reading Research In Health and Human Performance
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 16. August 2005
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-0-07-297290-0 (ISBN)
Description
Designed for the first course in research methods, this text shows students how to conduct and read research, design research tools, and evaluate results in health, kinesiology, exercise science, recreation, dance, and all other areas of human performance--providing comprehensive coverage of both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
887 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-297290-0 (9780072972900)
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Clinton H. Strong | Ted Allen Baumgartner
Conducting and Reading Research in Health and Human Performance: With Powerweb
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01/2001
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Persons
After receiving his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa, Ted Baumgartner taught measurement and statistics classes in the School of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance at Indiana University for ten years. Since 1977 he has taught research, measurement, and statistics classes in the Department of Exercise Science at The University of Georgia. Ted started the Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science journal and was the first editor. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Many of the measurement specialists in physical education and exercise science received their doctoral training with Ted.
Content
Part I The Research Process1 The Nature and Purpose of Research2 The Research Problem3 Searching the Literature4 Developing the Research Plan5 Ethical Concerns in Research6 Selection of Research Participants: Sampling Procedures7 Reading and Evaluating Research ReportsPart II Types of Research8 Experimental Research9 Descriptive Research10 Qualitative Research11 Meta-Analysis12 Additional Research ApproachesPart III Data Analysis13 Descriptive Data Analysis14 Inferential Data Analysis15 Measurement in ResearchPart IV The Research Report16 Developing the Research Proposal17 Writing the Research Report