Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7515SPOSCI-FEB-PAR
Aims
The module is designed to provide students with an understanding of the skills needed for planning, organisation and practice of research in sports performance analysis.
By the end of this module, students will be able to: utilise available academic and statistical resources effectively; apply advanced statistical hypothesis testing tools;
manage the research project process; be a morally responsible researcher; to write in a scientific manner and designated format; to demonstrate written and statistical literacies appropriate to sub-discipline.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Formulate a novel research proposal at the forefront of their academic discipline and demonstrate critical scientific writing skills
2.
Comprehensively understand ethical processes and procedures when undertaking research involving human subjects.
3.
Identify, employ and critically evaluate a range of statistical skills and techniques, showing a comprehensive understanding of their use, applicability and faults.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
- Lectures will cover a range of statistical methods, and examination of already published data to examine validity/reliability.
- Lectures will cover a range of topics from proposal writing, the project process, managing the project and your supervisor, ethical processes, and dissemination of project output.
- Practical sessions will cover a range of software skills including advanced processing skills for large projects, referencing software, poster design, project funding, journal publishing, and statistical techniques in statistical software.
Module Overview:
This module will be delivered during Semester 2 (Spring)
Assessment can be modified for students with SEND to address their specific needs.
This module will be delivered during Semester 2 (Spring)
Assessment can be modified for students with SEND to address their specific needs.
Additional Information:
Students will undertake a range of lectures discussing research methods and data analysis.
Practical sessions will make use of a number of statistical packages in preparation for their project data analysis.
In addition to the practical sessions, students will be given a number of additional statistical tests to perform, some with guidance, and some to be submitted as coursework.
Additional questions will be given for students to investigate issues/concerns with the statistical tests being examined.
Students will undertake a range of lectures discussing research methods and data analysis.
Practical sessions will make use of a number of statistical packages in preparation for their project data analysis.
In addition to the practical sessions, students will be given a number of additional statistical tests to perform, some with guidance, and some to be submitted as coursework.
Additional questions will be given for students to investigate issues/concerns with the statistical tests being examined.