RESEARCH METHODS IN KINESIOLOGY 1E
KENT KOWALSKI TEST BANK
CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET 2026
ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ Natural sciences Answer: -more quantitative, measurable results,
specific data
-ex. exercise physiology
⫸ Social sciences Answer: -harder to measure
-can be observational
-perspectives change
-lower correlations are good data
-can use quantitative measures as well
-hard to capture variables in the environment that are convoluted
⫸ Science Answer: -a systematic way of thinking or understanding
process of learning about the world through
-Systematic
-Logical
-Empirical
-Reductive
-Replicable
,⫸ Systemic Answer: -step by step
⫸ Logical Answer: -what makes sense; what is the overarching piece
that makes the most sense that drives us in the way we go
⫸ Empirical Answer: -numbered, ordered; will have a question that
drives it; drives through quantitative perspective; specific measures that
identify fairly descriptive information that will help with inferring
properly if its a cause and effect relationship; can be quantitative or
qualitative
⫸ Reductive Answer: -taking a bunch of small studies and then looking
at the evidence behind the studies which build into a larger, overall
approach
⫸ Replicable Answer: -can be done again with very similar results;
variables may change slightly but when you can replicate it it shows that
the approach is strong; Ex. Link study- results are very similar
regardless of the population or environment the study is done in
⫸ Theory Answer: -set of interrelated facts that present a systematic
view of some phenomenon
>Goal of ALL scientific inquiry is to...
-build
-refute (does it really work across every situation?)
, -create
-Wide array; what drives what; some are very convoluted and crazy
-Sometimes build theories off of analytics
-Trying to identify the variables involved in the scientific area you're
observing
-Changing all the time
⫸ Study Answer: -observes/assesses without altering variables or
environment; not manipulating anything; ex. heart rate gender
differences in high schools
⫸ Experiment Answer: -researcher manipulates variables or
environment; we don't know, therefore we are going to try different
things
⫸ Investigation Answer: -broad term that houses both study and
experiment; observe a group from a experimental point of view to try to
figure something out; can be quantitative or qualitative
⫸ Basic research Answer: -theoretical
-experimental
-controlled settings
-no direct application
⫸ Applied Research Answer: -theoretical or a-theoretical
KENT KOWALSKI TEST BANK
CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET 2026
ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ Natural sciences Answer: -more quantitative, measurable results,
specific data
-ex. exercise physiology
⫸ Social sciences Answer: -harder to measure
-can be observational
-perspectives change
-lower correlations are good data
-can use quantitative measures as well
-hard to capture variables in the environment that are convoluted
⫸ Science Answer: -a systematic way of thinking or understanding
process of learning about the world through
-Systematic
-Logical
-Empirical
-Reductive
-Replicable
,⫸ Systemic Answer: -step by step
⫸ Logical Answer: -what makes sense; what is the overarching piece
that makes the most sense that drives us in the way we go
⫸ Empirical Answer: -numbered, ordered; will have a question that
drives it; drives through quantitative perspective; specific measures that
identify fairly descriptive information that will help with inferring
properly if its a cause and effect relationship; can be quantitative or
qualitative
⫸ Reductive Answer: -taking a bunch of small studies and then looking
at the evidence behind the studies which build into a larger, overall
approach
⫸ Replicable Answer: -can be done again with very similar results;
variables may change slightly but when you can replicate it it shows that
the approach is strong; Ex. Link study- results are very similar
regardless of the population or environment the study is done in
⫸ Theory Answer: -set of interrelated facts that present a systematic
view of some phenomenon
>Goal of ALL scientific inquiry is to...
-build
-refute (does it really work across every situation?)
, -create
-Wide array; what drives what; some are very convoluted and crazy
-Sometimes build theories off of analytics
-Trying to identify the variables involved in the scientific area you're
observing
-Changing all the time
⫸ Study Answer: -observes/assesses without altering variables or
environment; not manipulating anything; ex. heart rate gender
differences in high schools
⫸ Experiment Answer: -researcher manipulates variables or
environment; we don't know, therefore we are going to try different
things
⫸ Investigation Answer: -broad term that houses both study and
experiment; observe a group from a experimental point of view to try to
figure something out; can be quantitative or qualitative
⫸ Basic research Answer: -theoretical
-experimental
-controlled settings
-no direct application
⫸ Applied Research Answer: -theoretical or a-theoretical
