The prioritization and comparison of criteria in the selection of national table tennis coach: Sport elites perspectives
Abstract
The purpose of this study was prioritization and comparison of criteria in the selection of Iran's national table tennis coach from the sport elite’s perspectives. As this was a descriptive study, survey methodology was employed. The study population consisted of 100 table tennis sport elites of whom 80 subjects were randomly selected using the Morgan table. McLean and Zakrajsk model was used in examining as selection criterion of Iran’s national table tennis coach. Questionnaire designed for this study consisted of 44 items. Measure to the importance of each items, 5-point Likert scale was selected. To determine the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach’s alpha was used. Data were analyzed with both descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics was used for demographic data description while inferential statistics such as Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Friedman ANOVA test for rating the criterion and Kruskal-Wallis test for testing the study’s hypotheses. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results of this study indicate that there is no difference among the participants in prioritizing as a criterion (P>0.05).