Contents: Preface. 1. Scope of statistics in physical education. 2. Characteristics of data. 3. Graphical representation of data. 4. Probability: an overview for drawing inference. 5. The normal distribution. 6. Sample selection. 7. Correlational behaviour of the test items. 8. Regression analysis. 9. Statistical inference. 10. Analysis of variance. 11. Development of norms. 12. Non-parametric statistics. Appendix. Index.

"Statistical methods are being used more and more by sport scientists and physical educationists. Statistical thinking in necessary for a researcher in the area of physical education to identify an appropriate research problem. Statistics plays a major role in policy decision, fitness assessment and developing fitness schedule and circuit training programmes. Students in physical education and sports are required to take statistics courses. Keeping this view in mind this book has been developed.

This book is intended for use as a text for students of physical education and sports sciences. The active researcher in the area of physical education, sport psychology, sport sociology, sport biomechanics, sport medicine, physiology of exercise, training methods and Yoga would find this text as the most valuable asset in completing their research work. It is assumed that the readers have an understanding of mathematics upto high school level." (jacket)