Undergraduate Course: Sport Science 2D (SPRT08007)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will deal with a range of quantitative and qualitative methods for carrying out research in Sport Science, from case studies to meta-analyses and from surveys to laboratory-based experiments. The philosophy behind scientific enquiry will be studied, as well as ethical principles and risk assessment. The course will address factors affecting the validity and reliability of research, such as research design and participant sampling techniques. Students will take part in data collection exercises and learn to analyse data using descriptive and inferential statistics. Students will review and critically appraise research studies in the area of Sport Science. |
| Course description |
This teaching and learning is research-led. Members of academic staff the Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Science (ISPEHS) who contribute to this course are all members of one or more of the following research groups hosted by ISPEHS: (1) Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), (2) Edinburgh Sports Research, (3) Human Performance Science (HPS) (4) Physical Education Research Forum (PERF).
This course will deal with a range of quantitative and qualitative methods for carrying out research in Sport Science, from case studies to meta-analyses and from surveys to laboratory-based experiments. The philosophy behind scientific enquiry will be studied, as well as ethical principles and risk assessment. The course will address factors affecting the validity and reliability of research, such as research design and participant sampling techniques. Students will take part in data collection exercises and learn to analyse data using descriptive and inferential statistics. Students will review and critically appraise research studies in the area of Sport Science.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of basic philosophical and ethical principles underpinning scientific enquiry.
- Demonstrate understanding of types of validity and reliability, common threats to validity and ways to improve validity and reliability.
- Demonstrate understanding of hypothesis testing, type I and type II errors, significance, power and effect size.
- Use SPSS to perform basic descriptive and inferential data analysis and understand the results.
- Undertake critical analysis of research studies in the field of Sport Science.
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Reading List
Thomas, J., Nelson, J. & Silverman, S. (2011). Research Methods in Physical Activity. Leeds: Human Kinetics.
Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics. London: Sage.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/courses/ug/sport-sci.html |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
This course addresses 14 of the 20 graduate attributes developed on the BSc Applied Sport Science degree
RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY
(1) Understand the philosophy of scientific methods of enquiry in order to critically evaluate evidence and analyse research literature.
(2) Search for, access, critically analyse, evaluate and synthesize information from literature in order to answer research questions in sport and exercise sciences.
(3) Plan and execute research projects, involving data collection and analysis, which answer research questions in sport and exercise sciences.
(4) Interpret data collected or reported in sport, physical activity and exercise studies.
(5) Synthesize knowledge from various disciplines so as to understand the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary nature of sport and exercise sciences.
(6) Develop logical arguments surrounding issues within sport science, physical activity and exercise.
PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL AUTONOMY
(7) Be independent learners who can take responsibility for their own learning.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
(9) Be able to communicate clearly using oral and written methods, including posters, presentations, essays, web pages, in order to critique, negotiate, create or communicate understanding.
(10) Be able to use communication as a means for collaborating with and relating to others including staff, other students and research participants.
PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
(13) Have developed their organisational, time management and decision-making skills
(15) Be able to transfer knowledge and ideas between different contexts within sport, exercise and health
TECHNICAL/PRACTICAL SKILLS
(17) Be able to use the test, measurement and analysis tools appropriate to sport, physical activity and exercise, including for example laboratory or field tests.
(18) Be able to design, deliver and analyse the effects of training interventions in sport, physical activity and exercise.
(19) Be able to select and apply the appropriate statistical procedures to analyse empirical data. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
M 1400-1450, Th 1500-1700 |
| Keywords | sport science research methods |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Martine Verheul
Tel: (0131 6)51 6554
Email: martine.verheul@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Fraser
Tel:
Email: s.fraser@ed.ac.uk |
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