A Comparative Approach to Assessing the Quality of Life of Intercollegiate Athletes

Although concerns have frequently been raised recently regarding the quality of life of intercollegiate athletes, information is seldom available on which college and university administrators can base policy decisions. Particularly lacking are studies that provide administrators with assessments of...

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Published in:Social indicators research 1993-07, Vol.29 (3), p.317-330
Main Authors: Royal, Mark A., Rossi, Robert J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes
Athletic participation
Basketball
College athletics
College Sports
College students
Colleges
Confidence interval
Data Collection
Higher education
Methodology (Data Analysis)
Quality of Life
School campuses
Social research
Sociology
Sport
State universities
Student athletes
Students
Universities
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Summary:Although concerns have frequently been raised recently regarding the quality of life of intercollegiate athletes, information is seldom available on which college and university administrators can base policy decisions. Particularly lacking are studies that provide administrators with assessments of their own athletics programs relative to athletics programs at other institutions. We describe here a method we used in conducting a comparative evaluation of the status of student-athletes at a large public university, involving comparisons of student-athletes at this university to student-athletes at a subset of the institutions that participated in the 1987-88 National Study of Intercollegiate Athletes. By utilizing existing data sets to construct comparison samples, relative assessments of the status of student-athletes at a given institution can be performed without the excessive costs of gathering data on student-athletes at comparison institutions. Techniques employed in data collection and analysis are discussed as well as the format of the report in which the findings of the study were presented.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/BF01079519