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Other Descriptive Research Methods

Other Descriptive Research Methods. KNES 510 Research Methods in Kinesiology. Developmental Research. Across the years Longitudinal designs Strengths-same people Weaknesses-time Cross-sectional designs Strengths-time Weaknesses-era of maturity Combinations (overlapping).

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Other Descriptive Research Methods

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  1. Other Descriptive Research Methods KNES 510 Research Methods in Kinesiology

  2. Developmental Research • Across the years • Longitudinal designs • Strengths-same people • Weaknesses-time • Cross-sectional designs • Strengths-time • Weaknesses-era of maturity • Combinations (overlapping)

  3. Developmental Research, cont’d • Methodological problems • Unrepresentative scores-outliers • Unclear semantics-vocabulary understanding • Lack of reliability-for children • Statistical problems-variability • Protecting participants (and faculty) • IRB • http://www.ogc.fullerton.edu/IRB/irb.htm

  4. Case Studies • Types • Descriptive: develops a detailed picture only • Interpretive: uses data to classify or conceptualize • Evaluative: determines merits of practices or events/one subject • Selecting participants-depends on the specific problem (rehab) • Gathering and analyzing data • Brown LE, Whitehurst M, Buchalter DN. Bilateral isokinetic knee rehabilitation following bilateral total knee replacement surgery. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation 2(4):274-280, 1993.

  5. Job Analysis • Used in sport management and fitness leadership • Methods • Surveys • Interviews • Shadowing

  6. Observational Research • Tries to avoid self-report unreliability • What behaviors to observe • Who to observe • Where to observe • When to observe • How many observations

  7. Observational Research, cont’d • How to score observations • Narrative (continual recording) • Tallying (frequency counting) • Interval-in time • Duration-how long • Using videotape • Deviant behavior? Whitehurst M, Groo DR, Brown LE. Prepubescent heart rate response to indoor play. Pediatric Exercise Science 8(3):245-250, 1996.

  8. Unobtrusive Research • Collecting data when people don’t know • Nature of cities-observe changes • Who watches television-Nielsen ratings • Records of people and events • Birth certificates • Magazines • Newspapers • Nature of graffiti

  9. Correlational Research • Explores relationships-pos/neg • Makes predictions-based on relationship not cause • Characteristics • Nature of participants-who? • Spread of scores-homogeneous? • Shrinkage in prediction-best in your original sample • Does not establish cause and effect

  10. Next Class • Tonight-lit review outline • 4-5 sub-categories • Summary to purpose • IRB homework • Chapter 19 Qualitative Research • Midterm Exam in 2 weeks

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