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100	1		_9372 _aSparkes, Andrew C.
245	1	0	_aQualitative research methods in sport, exercise and health : _bfrom process to product / _cAndrew C. Sparkes and Brett Smith.
264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2014.
300			_avii, 279 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Ch. 1. What is Qualitative Research? -- Ch. 2. Traditions in Qualitative Research Ch. 3. Getting Started with Some Pre-study Tasks -- Ch. 4. Data Collection -- Ch. 5. Qualitative Analysis -- Ch. 6. Representing Qualitative Findings -- Ch. 7. Judging the Quality of Qualitative Research -- Ch. 8. Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research -- Ch. 9. Brief Reflections.
520			_aQualitative 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.
650		0	_aSports sciences _xResearch _xMethodology _9376
650		0	_aExercise _xResearch _xMethodology _9375
650		0	_aQualitative research _xMethodology _9374
700	1		_aSmith, Brett _9373
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