Clear Data as a New Data Typology to Enhance Sustainability in Sport

David Lavallee,Jeff Lowder,Jane Lowder

doi:10.3390/su12114527

Abstract

(1) Background: Data-driven analysis and decision-making are playing an increasingly crucial role in improving organizational sustainability. This paper introduces clear data as a new typology. Further, it explores the utility of clear data to enhance sustainability in sport by enabling informed decision-making for the provision of targeted support to all stakeholders. We propose this typology to capture transparent data across an organization that assess levels of perceived and received support in key areas as validated by stakeholders. (2) Methods: Item development, content validation, instrument reliability, and utility of a survey designed to enhance sustainability in the sports industry is described. (3) Results: The instrument validation process found a high level of agreement among expert panel members, excellent test consistency, and high test–retest reliability. (4) Conclusions: Recommendations are provided for how clear data can enhance sustainability in sport.

Highlights

Organizational sustainability increasingly relies on collection and analysis of critical, reliable, and meaningful data
(3) Results: The instrument validation process found a high level of agreement among expert panel members, excellent test consistency, and high test–retest reliability
There is an increasing awareness that all parties engaged in the business of sports owe an essential duty of care to everyone involved [7]

Summary

Introduction

Organizational sustainability increasingly relies on collection and analysis of critical, reliable, and meaningful data. This paper describes the development, testing, and validation of a survey instrument designed to enhance sustainability in sports. Captured data are generated through different forms of measurement (e.g., surveys, observations, and lab and field experiments), while derived data are produced through additional processing or analysis of captured data [2]. There is a risk that these benefits will not be fully realized due to the challenges faced by sports organizations to demonstrate improvements with regard to duty of care issues without a mechanism to quantify the area [8]. The aim of this paper is to develop, validate, and test the utility of a new measure of duty of care in sport designed to enhance sustainability in sport

Item Development

Content Validation

Instrument Reliability

Instrument Utility

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Discussion