II-1-008

• Sports and health promotion 2007 - Thesis
• Sports and health promotion 2006 - Thesis

Swedish

Compulsory

2

5 cr

The aim of the course is that the student has basic knowledge in research methods and is able to apply these.

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to on a basic level
- show knowledge and understanding of methodological concepts in science, designs, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analyze methods
- read, analyze and critically examine scientific articles, reports and essays published in Swedish, Finnish and English.
- apply current research results in studies, practical training and thesis
- show knowledge of research ethical principles

- The research process
- Designs in quantitative and qualitative research
- Questionnaire, interview and observation as data collection mehtods
- Statistics
- Content analysis
- Research ethics
- Critical review of scientific articles, reports and essays
- Data collection and analysis
- Scientific writing

None

Hassmén N., Hassmén P.: Idrottsvetenskapliga forskningsmetoder

Backman, J. 1998. Rapporter och uppsatser. Lund: Studentlitteratur

DePoy, E. 1999. Forskning: en introduktion. Lund: Studentlitteratur

• Lectures - 43 hours
• Exercise based learning - 20 hours
• Project work and productions - 20 hours
• Individual studies - 50 hours

• Total workload of the course: 133 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 70 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 63 hours

Participation in tuition

• Exams
• Essays

Kukkonen Göta

Kukkonen Göta

No limit

Date for course completion will be announced later

Until further notice

• Date of examination will be announced later - Exams
• Date will be announced later - Essays