RESEARCH METHODS IN KINESIOLOGY
EXAM SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ACCURATE ANSWER COLLECTION
●● Research
Answer: A specific method used to discover knowledge
●● Quantitative Research
Answer: The generation of numerical data to answer research questions
●● Qualitative Research
Answer: Generation and interpretation of non-numerical data
●● Mixed Methods Research
Answer: Combines quantitative and qualitative research methods
●● Philosophical Worldview
Answer: A set of beliefs related to the general orientation of the world
and the nature of research
●● Ontology
,Answer: Someone's general orientation of the world; their belief in the
nature of truth and reality
●● Epistemology
Answer: Someone's nature of research; their belief about how we
acquire knowledge about truth and reality
●● Postpositivism
Answer: Worldview premised on the notion that there is a single reality
or objective truth. Includes assumptions of determinism and
reductionism. Aligns with characteristics of the quantitative approach.
●● Determinism
Answer: Causes determine effects
●● Reductionism
Answer: Ideas can be reduced to testable research questions
●● Constructivism
Answer: Worldview based on the notion that multiple realities exist and
that meaning is varied and complex; aligns with characteristics of the
qualitative approach.
●● Pragmatism
,Answer: Worldview premised on the idea that researchers need to be
concerned with solutions to problems. Have no commitment to any
single notion of reality, but do what works. Aligns with characteristics of
mixed methods approaches.
●● Transformative
Answer: Worldview based on the notion that research needs to be
closely connected with politics and have an action agenda; research is
inherently collaborative. Aligns with characteristics of the qualitative
approach, though quantitative can be important.
●● Two-Eyed Seeing
Answer: Worldview rooted in the belief that there are many ways of
understanding the world, some represented by Indigenous knowledge
systems and others by European-derived sciences; brings together the
strengths of both systems.
●● Research Topic
Answer: A narrowly focused and clearly defined focal area related to an
important complex problem(s)
●● Research Problem
Answer: Represents the foundational need and context for the study,
directs the research process and outcome
, ●● Descriptive
Answer: Type of research problem that describes a phenomenon, event,
condition, or circumstance with no attempt to link information to explain
outcomes
●● Predictive
Answer: Type of research problem that identifies relationships among
variables or uses variables to predict an outcome
●● Explanation
Answer: Type of research problem concerned with cause and effects or
an attempt to answer problems of why events and behaviours happen
●● Theory
Answer: An explanation of observed patterns or supposition about a
relationship among phenomena
●● Inductive Reasoning
Answer: Observations of specific events and circumstances are used to
make predictions about general principles that are ties together and
united into theory
●● Deductive Reasoning
EXAM SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ACCURATE ANSWER COLLECTION
●● Research
Answer: A specific method used to discover knowledge
●● Quantitative Research
Answer: The generation of numerical data to answer research questions
●● Qualitative Research
Answer: Generation and interpretation of non-numerical data
●● Mixed Methods Research
Answer: Combines quantitative and qualitative research methods
●● Philosophical Worldview
Answer: A set of beliefs related to the general orientation of the world
and the nature of research
●● Ontology
,Answer: Someone's general orientation of the world; their belief in the
nature of truth and reality
●● Epistemology
Answer: Someone's nature of research; their belief about how we
acquire knowledge about truth and reality
●● Postpositivism
Answer: Worldview premised on the notion that there is a single reality
or objective truth. Includes assumptions of determinism and
reductionism. Aligns with characteristics of the quantitative approach.
●● Determinism
Answer: Causes determine effects
●● Reductionism
Answer: Ideas can be reduced to testable research questions
●● Constructivism
Answer: Worldview based on the notion that multiple realities exist and
that meaning is varied and complex; aligns with characteristics of the
qualitative approach.
●● Pragmatism
,Answer: Worldview premised on the idea that researchers need to be
concerned with solutions to problems. Have no commitment to any
single notion of reality, but do what works. Aligns with characteristics of
mixed methods approaches.
●● Transformative
Answer: Worldview based on the notion that research needs to be
closely connected with politics and have an action agenda; research is
inherently collaborative. Aligns with characteristics of the qualitative
approach, though quantitative can be important.
●● Two-Eyed Seeing
Answer: Worldview rooted in the belief that there are many ways of
understanding the world, some represented by Indigenous knowledge
systems and others by European-derived sciences; brings together the
strengths of both systems.
●● Research Topic
Answer: A narrowly focused and clearly defined focal area related to an
important complex problem(s)
●● Research Problem
Answer: Represents the foundational need and context for the study,
directs the research process and outcome
, ●● Descriptive
Answer: Type of research problem that describes a phenomenon, event,
condition, or circumstance with no attempt to link information to explain
outcomes
●● Predictive
Answer: Type of research problem that identifies relationships among
variables or uses variables to predict an outcome
●● Explanation
Answer: Type of research problem concerned with cause and effects or
an attempt to answer problems of why events and behaviours happen
●● Theory
Answer: An explanation of observed patterns or supposition about a
relationship among phenomena
●● Inductive Reasoning
Answer: Observations of specific events and circumstances are used to
make predictions about general principles that are ties together and
united into theory
●● Deductive Reasoning
