Unit 5 Assignment 2. Approaches to Research in Sport and Exercise Sciences.

Approaches to Research in
Sport and Exercise Sciences

,Contents page
Slide 3: Qualitative data
Slide 4: Advantages/disadvantages of qualitative data.
Slide 5: Quantitative data
Slide 6: Advantages/disadvantages of quantitative data.
Slide 7: Mixed methods data
Slide 8: Advantages/disadvantages of mixed methods data.
Slide 9 & 10: Comparison between the three types of methods
Slide 11: What is the research problem?
Slide 12: What is the research design you will use
Slide 13: What is the research method/techniques you will use.
Slide 14: Visual representation of the data
Slide 15: What were the strengths of your design/method
Slide 16: What were the limitations/weaknesses of your design/method
Slide 17 & 18: References

, Qualitative data
• "Qualitative data is the descriptive and conceptual findings collect
through questionnaires, interviews, or observation. Analyzing
qualitative data allows us to explore ideas and further explain
quantitative results."
• "Qualitative data describes qualities or characteristics."
• This means data that is not a particular number. For example, the
gender or name of an athlete. Another example is saying an athlete
very strong instead of saying how much weight they are lifting.