(School of Physical Education,Shanxi University,Taiyuan 030006,China) Abstract: Based on the theoretical guidance of the scientific research method system, the authors analyzed the “af-fecting factor” themed literature published within the sports area between 2003 and 2012, probed into “affecting factor” related research methods, revealed that there were the following problems with “affecting factor” research methods in sports research nowadays: incomprehensive factor classification; the absence of application of method-ology; the lack of reliability of reasoning methods; certain limitations of expert interviews; inappropriate application of statistical methods; failure of research methods to achieve experiment objectives; nonstandard research method description etc, and then put forward a plan for applying statistical methods in affecting factor research, and stan-dardized affecting factor research methods used in the sports area. Key words: research methodology;sports research;affecting factor;statistical method |