HL12003: Introduction to research methods
[Page last updated: 09 September 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 15 [equivalent to 30 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 300 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 50%, CWVI 50% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Essay (CWES 50%)
- Presentation Individual (CWVI 50%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Recognise paradigmatically different approaches to research in sports performance
- Outline the components of different study designs used in sports performance research
- Interpret the data produced from different methods of analysis used in sports performance research
- Discuss considerations for working with human participants in sport performance research
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| Synopsis: | Acquire introductory knowledge and first-hand experience in order to conduct research in the sports performance context.
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| Content: | Approaches to research: Epistemology, ontology, methodology. Theoretical research. Experimental research.
Study design: Experimental, questionnaire, observation, interview.
Data analysis methods: descriptive statistics, inferential statistics. Qualitative analysis methods (e.g. Hierarchical content analysis, thematic analysis).
Working with participants; Ethical considerations. Participant experience. Sampling methods.
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| Course availability: |
HL12003 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department for Health
- UHHL-AFF30 : FdSc(Hons) Sport (Sports Performance) (Year 1)
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