Use of data

• Observations/interviews:


  E.g. post match interview with a manager/player, notes made from observing a performer 
• Surveys/questionnaires:


  A series of questions where the number of people who give a certain answer can be shown as a quantity.
• Quantitative

  Stopwatches

  Surveys

  Ruler/tape measure

  Heart rate monitors

  Observations
• Qualitative


  Interviews

  Questionnaires
• What is qualitative data?

  Qualitative data deals with opinions, it is subjective, it allows for people to express different viewpoints

  It involves opinions to do with quality of performance rather than quantity. A fitness test e.g. could produce a numerical score, for example 8.1 in the bleep test, whereas the person doing the test might say they ‘did poorly’. This expression of opinion is qualitative.

  Opinions about how effective extrinsic motivation is.

  Opinions about how drugs affect sport.

  Opinions about what a diet should contain.
• What is quantitative data?

  Quantitative data deals with numbers. 'Quantities' - there are no options, it is fact/objective. Examples - time, distance measurement, goals scored.