Validity issues in research on sport behavior: an alternative view
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ABSTRACT:
This paper addresses some of the methodological concerns of research in sport behavior as discussed in an article "A Review of Validity Issues in Sport Psychological Research: Types, Problems, Solutions" by Jim Taylor in Volume 10, Number 1, 1987, of the Journal of Sport Behavior. Taylor discusses four validity issues in statistical sport analysis: construct validity, conclusion validity, internal validity, and external validity. The authors provide an overview of an alternative analysis. A review of the unit of analysis points to three fundamental differences between the statistical and behavioral methodologies. Behavior, the unit of analysis in sport behavior research, is an individual and dynamic phenomena (sic). Intrasubject variability is viewed as the result of an uncontrolled environmental variable and not as an inherent characteristic of the organism. Construct validity, conclusion validity, internal validity, and external validity are discussed from a behavior analytic perspective. It is concluded that both the logic and the methodology of behavior analysis are appropriate and necessary for research on a behaviorally based event such as sport.
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