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After successful completion of the course, students are able to
- describe, analyse, and evaluate empirical studies in sport science
- to plan an empirical study in sport science
- to name and to interpret quality criteria of data acquisition
- to list methods of descriptive statistics, to calculate adequate measures and to clearly  illustrate data
- to list, to apply, and to critically scrutinize basic methods of inferential statistics
This knowledge and these skills are necessary to be able to carry out sport science research.

 Basics of quantitative methods in empirical research
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics: parametric and non-parametric methods for 2 subgroups
Usage of statistical software package (SPSS, Excel)

Presentation of basic knowledge, exercises, discussion 

Completion of exercises, active class participation, final exam 

Field, A. Discovering statistics using SPSS. London, SAGE Verlag, 2009. ISW-Bibliotheksstandort: V/ 1809.
Bortz, J. Statistik für Human-und Sozialwissenschaftler. Berlin, Springer Verlag, 2010. ISW-Bibliotheksstandort: 621/2047.
Bühner, M., Ziegler M. Statistik für Psychologen und Sozialwissenschaftler. München [u.a.], Pearson Studium, 2009. ISW-Bibliotheksstandort: 621/591.