Key Concepts in Sport and Exercise Research Methods

Michael Atkinson is Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto. He was previously Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Loughborough University, leading the instruction of research methods and skills at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels therein. Michael received a PhD in Sociology from the University of Calgary in 2001 (BA, University of Waterloo, 1995; MA, McMaster University, 1997). Since then, he has researched and taught courses on the sociology of sport, bodies, deviance and research methods (qualitative, quantitative and historical) at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), McMaster University (Canada), and University of Western Ontario (Canada). For his contributions to the Canadian social sciences, Michael was recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada′s prestigious Aurora Award in 2004.

• Academic JournalsAnalytic EpidemiologyApplied versus Pure ResearchArchival ResearchCausalityCritical TheoryDescriptive StatisticsDiscourse AnalysisDistributionsEpistemologyEthnographyEvaluation ResearchEvidence-Based Research and PracticeExperimentsGrounded TheoryHypothesesInferential StatisticsInterdisciplinary ResearchInterpretivismInterviewingLiterature ReviewsMedia AnalysisMeta-AnalysisOntologyPopulations and SamplesPositivismQuantitative versus Qualitative ResearchQuestionnairesReliabilityRepresentation Research EthicsResearch ProposalsResearch QuestionsTheoryTranslationTriangulationUnobtrusive MethodsValidityVariablesVisual Methods

Few can bring research methods to life like Mike Atkinson. His breadth of research interests and experience mean he can introduce you to all you need to know and inspire you to get down to doing some research yourself.