Preliminary Checklist for Reporting Observational Studies in Sports Areas: Content Validity.

ABSTRACT: Observational studies are based on systematic observation, understood as an organized recording and quantification of behavior in its natural context. Applied to the specific area of sports, observational studies present advantages when comparing studies based on other designs, such as the flexibility for adapting to different contexts and the possibility of using non-standardized instruments as well as a high degree of development in specific software and data analysis. Although the importance and usefulness of sports-related observational studies have been widely shown, there is no checklist to report these studies. Consequently, authors do not have a guide to follow in order to include all of the important elements in an observational study in sports areas, and reviewers do not have a r

SUBMITTER: Chacon-Moscoso S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5853306 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature