Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Applied Statistics in Sport Science
Course Code
LSPA_350
Branch of Science
Health sciences
ECTS
4.00
Target Audience
Sports Trainer
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Jānis Žīdens
Structure Unit Manager
Diāna Laipniece
Structural Unit
Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
Contacts
LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006
About Study Course
Objective
To obtain the knowledge of sport science methodology and the ability to plan scientific research.
Preliminary Knowledge
Master's degree in sport or related sciences.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of quantitative research methodologies and statistical techniques appropriate to sport sciences.
Skills
1.Able to critically discuss the Applied Research Model for Sport Science (ARMSS) and Alternative Statistical Methods. Able to select appropriate quantitative methodologies and techniques to conduct statistical practices in sport science research.
Competences
1.Ready to maintain and develop ethos of research and avoid statistical shortcomings the field of sport science faces today and offer potential solutions.
Assessment
Individual work
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Getting to know the literature on the application of statistical techniques in sport science research, selection of statistical techniques for analyzing the results of interdisciplinary research project and the results of own research.
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Evaluation of the learning outcomes:
1. written exam;
2. an interdisciplinary research project in sport sciences – statistical analysis;
3. paper on statistical techniques that will be used in own research.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
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Basic descriptive and inferential statistic application, general linear model application, multivariate analysis, qualitative research methods, experimental and quasi-experimental designs
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
4.00
Contact hours:
30 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Albert J., Glickmans M.E. Handbook of Statistical Methods and Analyses in Sports. CRC PRESS, 2019.
2.
Cetinkaya-Rundel M., Hardin J. Introduction to modern statstics. Opneintro, 2021.
3.
Gratton C.& Jones I. Research methods for Sport Studies (Volume 1). Routledge, 2010.
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Smith M.F. Research. Methods in sport. 2nd edition. Sage publishing. 2017.
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Skinner J., Engelberg T. Research methodologies for Sport Scholarship (Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives), Routledge, 2018.
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Tabor J. Franklin C. Statistical reasoning in Sports. BWF Publishers, 2011.
Other Information Sources
1.
1. Figueiredo P., Marques E. A., Backes O.P., Gaya, A., R., Castro F.S. (2018). A review of the statistical methods used in sports and exercise sciences PhD theses: a case study in a single post-graduate program. R. bras. Ci. e Mov;26(4):191-200.
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2. Groll, A., Liebl, D.(2023). Editorial special issue: Statistics in sports. AStA Adv Stat Anal 107, 1–7 (2023).
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3. Bernards, J. R., Sato, K., Haff, G. G., & Bazyler, C. D. (2017). Current Research and Statistical Practices in Sport Science and a Need for Change. Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 5(4), 87.