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• Title:ACSM's research methods / editors, Lawrence E. Armstrong, William J. Kraemer.
  
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• Variant Title:American College of Sports Medicine research methods
  Research methods
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Armstrong, Lawrence E., 1949- editor.
  Kraemer, William J., 1953- editor.
  American College of Sports Medicine.
  
• Published/Created:Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2016]
  ©2016
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QT261 .A26 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: QT261 .A26 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Sports medicine--Research.
  
• Medical Subjects: Research Design.
  Sports Medicine.
  Exercise.
  Physical Fitness.
  
• Description:xxvii, 436 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"Written by leading experts in the field, ACSM's Research Methods better integrates traditional methods with some of the newer approaches to research, such as qualitative and mixed methods, and uses published journal articles and real-life examples to make the material interesting and relevant."--Page 4 of cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781451191745 paperback
  145119174X paperback
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to Research Methods
  2. Importance of Research for Evidence-Based Practice
  3. Choosing Your Research Project: Framing the Problem, Research Hypotheses, and Predictions
  4. Searching the Scientific Literature
  5. Fundamentals of Study Design
  6. Understanding Research: A Clinician's Perspective of Basic, Applied, and Clinical Investigations
  7. Experimental Design I
  Independent Variables
  8. Experimental Design
  II Dependent Variables, Blinding, Randomization, and Matching
  9. Unique Challenges of Field Research
  10. Veracity of Data: Understanding Validity and Reliability
  11. Unique Features in Animal Research
  12. Ethical Principles in Human and Animal Research
  13. Developing a Funding Base for Your Research
  14. Conducting a Study: Pilot Testing, Sampling, and Data Collection
  15. Instrumentation: Calibration and Standardization
  16. First Analyses After Data Collection
  17. Database Development and Management
  18. Statistical Approaches to Data Analysis
  19. Drawing Inferences, Logical Fallacies
  20. Writing a Research Manuscript and Determining Authorship
  21. Submitting a Manuscript for Publication: Finding the Publication Outlet
  22. Demands of the Peer Review Process
  23. Building the Science Buzz: Working with Media to Create a Lay Translation of Your Discovery.