Using the Semantic Differenciator in Sociology to Understand the Active Factors in the Choice of Playing Sports: Surveys using different questionnaires are quite common in sociology, but indirect questioning is less common. Osgood's semantic differenciator is one of the lesser-used tools. It employs a set of questions with word oppositions that the respondent judges according to a given stimulus. Initially used in psychology and marketing, it can be used in sociology. We show its use and the different possibilities of prcsenting results, along with multiple suggestions concerning its utilisation. It is applied in a study of sociology of sports students' and players' representation of five sports.
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