1/2 - Data Analysis

Question 1

What is qualitive data?

Answer 1

Subjective answer – data that focuses on understanding things (how they think/feel/opinions)

Information gathered by: Interviews, observations, questionnaires.

Examples:
How someone felt when completing the mutli-stage fitness test / opinion on their current level of fitness / opinions on their skill strengths and weaknesses

Question 2

What is quantitative data?

Answer 2

A measurement which can be expressed as a number, there is no opinion expressed – a performance fact.

Information gathered by: Questionnaires, surveys, fitness test scores, heart rate monitors etc.

Examples:
Time recorded in 100m race / progression in 5km time over a 3 month period / number of goals scored and interceptions made in a game

Question 3

What is the difference between the dependent and independent variable?

Answer 3

The DEPENDENT AXIS:

• Goes on the ‘y’ axis (left side, vertical line)
• This the variable that is being tested or measured.

The INDEPENDENT AXIS:

• Goes on the ‘x’ axis (the bottom, horizontal line)
• This is the variable that is controlled.