Description
| Product ID: | 9780415739849 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Sports Performance Analysis |
| Title: | Data Analysis in Sport |
| Authors: | Author: Lucy Holmes, Peter O'Donoghue |
| Page Count: | 258 |
| Subjects: | Sport: general, Sports & outdoor recreation |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Making sense of research data can be a challenging task but is nevertheless an essential part of performance analysis investigations. Focusing on techniques used in the analysis of sport performance, this book introduces the fundamental principles of data analysis and offers guidance on the presentation of results. The book covers key topics such as the purpose of data analysis, commercial packages for performance and data analysis, creating visually appealing ‘dashboard’ interfaces for presenting data, and assessing reliability, and includes worked examples from real sport, offering clear guidance to the reader and bringing the subject to life. Making sense of sports performance data can be a challenging task but is nevertheless an essential part of performance analysis investigations. Focusing on techniques used in the analysis of sport performance, this book introduces the fundamental principles of data analysis, explores the most important tools used in data analysis, and offers guidance on the presentation of results. The book covers key topics such as:
The book includes worked examples from real sport, offering clear guidance to the reader and bringing the subject to life. This book is invaluable reading for any student, researcher or analyst working in sport performance or undertaking a sport-related research project or methods course |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-10-30 |
