Olympic Education Stakeholder Survey on Value Priorities

A survey of 286 participants aged 18 to 79, drawn from international summits and seminars, assessing attitudes toward seven Olympic values. The study, authored by Yannis Theodorakis and last updated in 2026, documents stakeholder priorities for values like peace, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. It offers empirical insight for updating Olympic values education frameworks, including OVEP and Olympism 365.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the perceived importance of traditional versus contemporary Olympic values based on survey ratings.
• Investigating gender-based differences in value ratings based on the finding that females rated all values higher.
• Modeling the intercorrelations between values like excellence, friendship, respect, peace, and environmental protection.
• Informing policy on integrating values like social inclusion and gender equality into sports education agendas.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a survey of 286 participants, providing a defined sample size.
• Includes ratings for seven specific values: excellence, friendship, respect, peace, social inclusion, gender equality, and environmental protection.
• Results include statistical analyses such as multiple linear regression with bootstrap estimation.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 116.2 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Data may reflect bias inherent to the specific stakeholder groups sampled from international summits.

Provenance

Source

Yannis Theodorakis via figshare.

Collection Method

Survey data collected via attitude scales from participants at international summits and seminars.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:26:53.

Geography

International (participants drawn from international events).