PEDS303 Lecture Notes - Forecheck, Nomothetic, Psych
28 Apr 2013
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Sept 24 sciences in sport psych continued. How should readers assess sport psych research: assess the adequacy of the construct definition, assess the appropriateness of any causal inferences, assess sample characteristics and the appropriateness of any generalizations, assess the appropriateness of the measures. Assessing the appropriateness of the measures: has validity and reliability information been reported? (psychometric evidence, was the instrument originally developed for use with a sport population (relevance, are the items culturally relevant , ex. Measuring fear of injury in hockey: ex. Professional practice knowledge: knowledge gained by people (coaches, athletes, teachers) on the basis of their experiences gained while working or participating in sport and exercise settings. Weaknesses: problems of replicability, provide little explanation of why something works, problem of personal bias . Universal laws: no such thing as a universal law in the social sciences, we create theories and these theories help us understand things.
