1. Synthesising research problems
SSP4000 Research Process
Week 17 (SPA-specific)
Synthesising research problems

2. Learning Outcomes By the end of this session you will be able to
Search for literature relevant to your research problem / question
Summarise what has been found about your research problem area within previous research

3. Synthesising Research
Book
Article
Article
Newspaper report
Article
The State of the Art
Consensus of Knowledge

4. Example Effects of dismissals on work-rate in FA Premier League Soccer
Newspaper article: accessed 15/7/15

5. Example Effects of dismissals on work-rate in FA Premier League Soccer
Journal article: Bar-Eli, M., Tenenbaum, G. and Geister, S. (2006), Consequences of players' dismissal in professional soccer: a crisis related analysis of group size effect, Journal of Sport Sciences, 10,

6. Example Effects of dismissals on work-rate in FA Premier League Soccer
Journal article: Carling, C. and Bloomfield, J. (2010), The effect of an early dismissal on player work-rate in a professional soccer match, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13,

7. Example Effects of dismissals on work-rate in FA Premier League Soccer
Journal article: Di Salvo, V., Collins, A., MacNeill, B. and Cardinale, M. (2006), Validation of Prozone®; a new video-based performance analysis system, International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 6,

8. Example Effects of dismissals on work-rate in FA Premier League Soccer
Journal article: Ridder, G., Cramer, J.S. and Hopstaken, P. (1994), Down to ten: estimating the effect of a red card in soccer, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 89(427),

9. Example Effects of dismissals on work-rate in FA Premier League Soccer
Journal article: Casamichana, J., Castellano, J., Galleja-González, J. and San Román, J. (2013), Differences between winning, drawing and losing teams in the 2010 World Cup, In Nunome, H., Drust, B. and Dawson, B. (Eds.), Science and Football VII, London: Routledge, pp

10. Example Effects of dismissals on work-rate in FA Premier League Soccer
Journal article: Vecer, J. Kopriva, F. and Ichiba, T. (2008), Estimating the Effect of the Red Card in Soccer: when to commit an offense in exchange for preventing a goal opportunity, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sport, 5(1), article 8.

11. Example Effects of dismissals on work-rate in FA Premier League Soccer
Book making reference to the problem
Hargreaves, A. and Bate, R. (2010), Skills and strategies for coaching soccer, 2nd edition, Champaign, Il: Human Kinetics.
Beswick, B. (2010), Focussed for soccer: how to win the mental game, Champaign, Il: Human Kinetics.

12. Example Effects of dismissals on work-rate in FA Premier League Soccer
Book chapter: Carling, C. and Bloomfield, J. (2013), Time-motion analysis, In McGarry, T., O’Donoghue, P.G. and Sampaio, J. (eds), Routledge Handbook of Sports Performance Analysis, London: Routledge, pp

13. Synthesis
Being outnumbered reduces a team’s chance of winning (Casamichana et al., 2013; Ridder et al., 1994; Vecer et al., 2008)
Debate
Teams are becoming better at playing with 10 men (Guardian, 2010)
Vecer et al. (2008) and Bar Eli et al. (2006) found that 10 men have a reduced chance of scoring but Ridder et al. (1994) found no effect of a dismissal on the 10 men scoring goals

14. Including the literature in your essay
Section 1: Introduction (max 250)
Topical literature
Section 2: Framing the research problem/issue through a review of the relevant scientific literature (max 750)
Dismissal effects on outcomes
The dependent variable – work-rate
Section 3: Rationale and research question (max 150)
Gap based on Carling and Bloomfield’s (2010)study

15. Save some literature The methods (Carling et al., 2013)
The validity and reliability of the methods (Di Salvo et al., 2006).
Practical application of potential findings (Beswick, 2010; Hargreaves and Bate, 2010)