HLTB15H3 Lecture 3: Focus Groups and Interviews
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Are the ways that quantitative research is judged. Often are lumped together but are actually two different things. Reliability are you getting consistently the same results: not consistent throughout each measurement. Face validity is my measure measuring what it is supposed to measure: example: surveying registered kinesiologists to see if the par-q is seems to be quantifying previous exercise related medical history. Similarities and differences (qualitative vs quantitative methodology in health. Studying exercise adherence by breast cancer survivors: epidemiology. Learn the prevalence of survivors who meet recommended guidelines: basic science. Learn the biological mechanisms of endorphin release and its association with serotonin while exercising: clinical science. Learn how oncologists can influence exercise adherence in clinic discussions: ethnography. Learn by being a participant in an exercise class how group interaction affects adherence: phenomenology. Learn why women choose to participate by interviewing them while they are exercising: symbolic interaction.
