Quantitative Data Reporting Exercise

You have been asked by the Director of an elite American football training camp in Broward County, Florida, to assess the performance and progress of the academy’s players. In order to help you assess their progress he has provided you with combine test data collected at the beginning and end of the 2019-20 season.
In order to provide a comparison, the Director has obtained data from the combine of a sample of high school American football players within the state who are not part of this academy and also walk-on football players who have transitioned from other sports.
The number of players in each squad are as follows:
• Training Camp players (n=30)
• High school players (n=30)
• Walk-on players (n=30)
Players’ involvement in American football activity:
• The Training Camp players attend the camp five times per week and are provided with a fitness training programme specialised towards the fitness events at the combine.
• The high school players usually take part in two training sessions per week and have a general training plan they are encouraged to participate in independently with some guidance.
• The walk-on players train by themselves two times per week without a dedicated fitness plan for football.
You have been asked to write a report on the progress of the Training Camp players.
The data you have been given (SPSP039A1Data2021) contains the results of the combine tests undertaken by the three groups of players. The data shows the results of the combine tests recorded at the beginning of the season (July 2020) and at the end of the season (February 2021) for all three groups. Use the data from the three groups to help you assess how well the Training Camp players have progressed.
Details of the combine tests are presented below.
Your report should present the data in a visual format (e.g. tables and/or charts) and you should include statistical analysis of the data.
The task will require you to:
• Describe the findings;
• Process the data using SPSS (or transfer it to Excel if you prefer);
• Study and analyse the findings;
• Write a report describing and analysing the results;
• Present the data in an accessible format; • Undertake some statistical analysis;
• Draw conclusions based on the data.