RESEARCH METHODS IN KINESIOLOGY
FINAL PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
●● Scientific Method
Answer: Steps Within the research process used to answer research
questions.
A way to ask and answer questions by making observations and
performing experiments
●● Step One of the Scientific Method
Answer: Identify a problem (Interest to you)
●● Step Two of the Scientific Method
Answer: Research the Area (Review of Literature)
What do you need to know to understand your topic?
Where do you need to go to understand more?
●● Secondary Source
, Answer: Include sources such as textbooks, reviews of literature, and
position papers that present research, but not the authors' own research
●● Primary Source
Answer: Sources in which the author actually performed the research
presented and include methods, results, and discussion sections
●● Step Three of the Scientific Method
Answer: Identify a Hypothesis (Research Question)
Hypothesis is what you think will happen, not just a guess
●● Quantitative research approach
Answer: Research that relies on numerical data to reach results and
conclusions
●● Qualitative research approach
Answer: Research that asks how or why to explore research topic areas
from the participants' descriptive perspective and thereby reach results
and conclusions
●● Mixed Methods research approach
Answer: A mix of both qualitative and quantitative approaches
FINAL PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
●● Scientific Method
Answer: Steps Within the research process used to answer research
questions.
A way to ask and answer questions by making observations and
performing experiments
●● Step One of the Scientific Method
Answer: Identify a problem (Interest to you)
●● Step Two of the Scientific Method
Answer: Research the Area (Review of Literature)
What do you need to know to understand your topic?
Where do you need to go to understand more?
●● Secondary Source
, Answer: Include sources such as textbooks, reviews of literature, and
position papers that present research, but not the authors' own research
●● Primary Source
Answer: Sources in which the author actually performed the research
presented and include methods, results, and discussion sections
●● Step Three of the Scientific Method
Answer: Identify a Hypothesis (Research Question)
Hypothesis is what you think will happen, not just a guess
●● Quantitative research approach
Answer: Research that relies on numerical data to reach results and
conclusions
●● Qualitative research approach
Answer: Research that asks how or why to explore research topic areas
from the participants' descriptive perspective and thereby reach results
and conclusions
●● Mixed Methods research approach
Answer: A mix of both qualitative and quantitative approaches