Analysing expertise through data mining: an example based on treading water
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
School
School of Exercise and Health Sciences
RAS ID
17095
Abstract
A classification system of treading water based on a conceptual typology was first established and then verified empirically. The typology was established on two concepts: the nature of the forces created within the water and the type of inter-limb coordination used. Thirty-eight participants were videotaped while treading water. Multivariate statistics were used to understand how the different behavioural types related to expertise. Three distinct groups of coordination patterns were adopted during treading water. A support vector machine procedure was used as a confirmatory procedure. The data mining process provides a methodological framework to analyse expertise in sports activities, and in this context suggests that a taxonomy can be established among the numerous coordination solutions that allow humans to create stabilising forces in the water.
DOI
10.1080/02640414.2013.876085
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Schnitzler, C., Button, C., Seifert, L., & Croft , J. L., (2014). Analysing expertise through data mining: an example based on treading water. In Journal of Sport Sciences, 32(12). 1548-1560. Available here.