| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Discovering statistics -- Why bother with statistics in sports science? -- The basic approach -- Some basic vocabulary -- More on variables -- Some underlying ideas -- Examples of case studies -- Summary -- Designing a study -- Introduction -- Collecting the data (sampling) -- Sources of variablility -- Other important issues in designing a study -- Summary -- Summarising and displaying data -- Introduction -- Numerical summaries for continuous variables -- Graphical methods for continuous variables -- Single-sample problems (independent data) -- Designs involving between-subject factors only -- Within-subject designs (dependent data) -- Designs with between- and within-subject factors -- Between-subject designs incorporating a covariate -- Modelling relationships (correlation and regression) -- Summary -- Technical appendix -- Estimating parameters -- Introduction -- Interval estimation -- Interval estimation for a population mean -- Comparing two population means (the simplest between-subject design) -- Interval estimation for paired data (the simplest within-subject design) -- One between- and one within-subject factor (each at two levels) -- Prediction and tolerance intervals -- What if the normality assumption is questionable? -- Summary |
| Summary |
"Statistics in Sport and Exercise Science assumes no prior knowledge of statistics and uses real-life case studies to introduce the importance of statistics in sport and exercise science. Statistical tests and techniques are described here in a friendly and easy-to-understand manner, giving you the confidence to analyses data and complete your own statistical studies."--EBSCO |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Sports sciences -- Statistical methods
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Sports sciences -- Research
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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Sports sciences -- Research.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aitchison, Tom, author.
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Grant, Stanley, author.
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| ISBN |
9781317904199 |
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1317904192 |
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