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Qualitative Research Methods in Sport, Exercise and Health - From Process to Product (Hardcover)
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Qualitative Research Methods in Sport, Exercise and Health - From Process to Product (Hardcover)
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Qualitative forms of inquiry are a dynamic and exciting area within
contemporary research in sport, exercise and health. Students and
researchers at all levels are now expected to understand
qualitative approaches and be able to employ them in their work. In
this comprehensive and in-depth introductory text, Andrew C.
Sparkes and Brett Smith take the reader on a journey through the
entire qualitative research process that begins with the
conceptualization of ideas and the planning of a study, moves
through the phases of data collection and analysis, and then
explains how findings might be represented in various ways to
different audiences. Ethical issues are also explored in detail, as
well as the ways that the goodness of qualitative research might be
judged by its consumers. The book is based on the view that
researchers need to make principled, informed and strategic
decisions about what, why, when, and how to use qualitative forms
of inquiry. The nature of qualitative research is explained in
terms of both its core assumptions and what practitioners actually
do in the field when they collect data and subject it to analysis.
Each chapter is vividly illustrated with cases and examples from
published research, to demonstrate different qualitative approaches
in action and their relative strengths and weaknesses. The book
also extends the boundaries of qualitative research by exploring
innovative contemporary methodologies and novel ways to report
research findings. Qualitative Research Methods in Sport, Exercise
and Health is essential reading for any student, researcher or
professional who wishes to understand this form of inquiry and to
engage in a research project within a sport, exercise or health
context.
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