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This book walks you step-by-step through the entire research process, covering everything you need to successfully conduct a sports research project in the real world.

Updated to include recent developments in cross-cultural psychology, this text offers extensive coverage of social psychological theories and how these relate to cross-cultural research made accessible to the reader using practical examples from everyday life.