KINESIOLOGY 380 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
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Why is the research process important to understanding the current
knowledge base in kinesiology? Ans✓✓✓- provides researchers with the
background knowledge needed to answer questions
- allows researchers to identify potential biases, worldview, research
gaps, critique and build upon knowledge, etc.
What are key characteristics of quantitative research? Ans✓✓✓-
numerical
- questions are related to testing theory
- data generated is as precise and objective as possible
- large sample sizes
- measures variables
- uses stats for data analysis
What are key characteristics of qualitative research? Ans✓✓✓- based on
the generation and interpretation of non-numerical data.
- Main source: open-ended interviews, direct observation, written
documents.
- Meant to understand person's meanings of experience
- emergent and flexible
- collected in natural setting
- researcher is integral part of research process
,- Info can be presented in poems, theatre, musical performance, etc.
- Sample sizes are small.
What are key characteristics of mixed methods research?
Ans✓✓✓includes qualitative and quantitative. Might lean one way but
still uses both.
What are key characteristics of postpositivism? Ans✓✓✓- single reality
- objective truth
- determinism, reductionism (cause and effect)
- guided by scientific method (developing problem, formulate
hypothesis, gather data, analyze/interpret results)
What are key characteristics of constructivism? Ans✓✓✓- Multiple
realities
- varied and complex
- no distinct set of emotions experienced by everyone, emotions are
unique to each individual
- meanings of experience or subjective and socially constructed
- individuals engage with their world and make sense of it based on
personal experience an perspective
- own realities in views shape the research process
- researchers are closely connected to the research process
- qualitative
, - open-ended discussions and interactions
What are key characteristics of pragmatism? Ans✓✓✓- Researchers
concerned with solutions to problems
- no commitment to any single notion of reality
- committed to truth and knowledge
- focused on what works
- concerned about application
- questions are related to the nature of reality
- incorporates all approaches that are appropriate
- engages in mixed methods research
What are key characteristics of transformative worldview? Ans✓✓✓-
Closely connected with politics
- advocates for minorities (i.e., Ethnic minorities, persons with
disabilities, to spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender)
- focus on reform
- objective to better the lives of participants
- inherently collaborative, researchers and participants work together
(i.e., Development of research questions, data collection, and analysis)
- Qualitative when working with participants, Quantitative during
analysis
- research is topics of relevance to ethnic minorities, persons with
disabilities, to spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender
- Similar to feminist theory
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW
Why is the research process important to understanding the current
knowledge base in kinesiology? Ans✓✓✓- provides researchers with the
background knowledge needed to answer questions
- allows researchers to identify potential biases, worldview, research
gaps, critique and build upon knowledge, etc.
What are key characteristics of quantitative research? Ans✓✓✓-
numerical
- questions are related to testing theory
- data generated is as precise and objective as possible
- large sample sizes
- measures variables
- uses stats for data analysis
What are key characteristics of qualitative research? Ans✓✓✓- based on
the generation and interpretation of non-numerical data.
- Main source: open-ended interviews, direct observation, written
documents.
- Meant to understand person's meanings of experience
- emergent and flexible
- collected in natural setting
- researcher is integral part of research process
,- Info can be presented in poems, theatre, musical performance, etc.
- Sample sizes are small.
What are key characteristics of mixed methods research?
Ans✓✓✓includes qualitative and quantitative. Might lean one way but
still uses both.
What are key characteristics of postpositivism? Ans✓✓✓- single reality
- objective truth
- determinism, reductionism (cause and effect)
- guided by scientific method (developing problem, formulate
hypothesis, gather data, analyze/interpret results)
What are key characteristics of constructivism? Ans✓✓✓- Multiple
realities
- varied and complex
- no distinct set of emotions experienced by everyone, emotions are
unique to each individual
- meanings of experience or subjective and socially constructed
- individuals engage with their world and make sense of it based on
personal experience an perspective
- own realities in views shape the research process
- researchers are closely connected to the research process
- qualitative
, - open-ended discussions and interactions
What are key characteristics of pragmatism? Ans✓✓✓- Researchers
concerned with solutions to problems
- no commitment to any single notion of reality
- committed to truth and knowledge
- focused on what works
- concerned about application
- questions are related to the nature of reality
- incorporates all approaches that are appropriate
- engages in mixed methods research
What are key characteristics of transformative worldview? Ans✓✓✓-
Closely connected with politics
- advocates for minorities (i.e., Ethnic minorities, persons with
disabilities, to spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender)
- focus on reform
- objective to better the lives of participants
- inherently collaborative, researchers and participants work together
(i.e., Development of research questions, data collection, and analysis)
- Qualitative when working with participants, Quantitative during
analysis
- research is topics of relevance to ethnic minorities, persons with
disabilities, to spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender
- Similar to feminist theory
