Universität Wien

350050 VLV BA3III - Deepening Course Quantitative Research Methods (2010S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 35 - Sportwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Grundsätzlich MO wtl von 01.03.2010 bis 14.06.2010 08.00-09.30 Ort: ZSU - USZ I, Hörsaal 3 EG, teilweise Zusammenlegung von 2 Einheiten, die letzte Einheit findet am 14.06. statt.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

- Quantitative research methods within the field of sports sciences with a special focus on health and prevention
- Hypothesis driven design of a research project
- Basics of applied statistics
- Introduction to data analysis using MS Excel and SPSS
- Presentation of research results

Assessment and permitted materials

- regular attendance
- active participation during the discussions
- sheduled preparation of examples
- final exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- Knowledge of the most important statistical parameters
- Ease of handling SPSS and MS Excel
- Independent construction of a research question
- Ability to analyse and present empirical data

Examination topics

- Lectures
- Computer practices
- E-learning-based (Fronter) solving of problems derived from practical examples
- Interpretation of statistical results in professional journals
- Presentation and discussion of independent developed research designs

Reading list

Rockmann, U. & Bömermann, H. (2006). Grundlagen der sportwissenschaftlichen Forschungsmethoden und Statistik. Schorndorf: Hofmann
Thomas, JR., Nelson, JK., Silverman, SJ. (2005). Research Methods in Physical Activity. Leeds: Human Kinetics
Janssen, J. & Laatz, W. (2007). Statistische Datenanalyse mit SPSS für Windows. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer

Association in the course directory

BA3III

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:46