RESEARCH METHODS IN KINESIOLOGY
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● 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
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● 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
